Apropriate Technology

Instead of turning China's successful renewable energy industry into a trade row, the US should be boosting its own
Kevin Gallagher
guardian.co.uk,
Thursday 6 January 2011 20.00 GMT

To kick off 2011, the Obama administration has had the audacity to file suit at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against China's policies to build green technologies.
This action is deeply flawed. The US should not try to beat China down, but should pursue its own green jobs policy and reform the WTO, so the rules allow countries to combat climate change.
The United States and China are the world's largest emitters of the greenhouse gases. Together and separately, each nation should be doing all it can to develop clean technologies to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

This is from the Post Carbon Institute. A well spent 3 minutes! -Rick
http://www.youtube.com/v/cJ-J91SwP8w

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