Financial Times | By: Martin Wolf | GPE – July 25, 2017: The gap between rich and poor nations narrows as the sources of dynamism in high-income economies slow. Originally published on July 19, 2017: What is happening to the Read more…
Financial Times | GPE – July 25, 2017: Brussels sends letters to 17 countries about missing deadline to launch company register. Brussels has rebuked national governments in the EU for failing to apply rules aimed at making it harder for Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Christopher Mims | July 23, 2017: In the war taking place across the global internet, everyone is a combatant — and a target. This is already a banner year for hacks, breaches and Read more…
Aviation Week & Space Technology | By: Leithen Francis | GPE – July 23, 2017: Opinion: How China Is Using ‘Soft Power’ In Space Business. Originally Published Jul 7, 2017: China’s state-backed satellite industry has swooped into Indonesia and suddenly Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Zachary Shahan | GPE – July 23, 2017: We already published a great article from Nexus Media regarding Lazard’s new report showing the extremely low (and falling) costs of solar power and wind power. However, I’ve Read more…
The Council On Foreign Relations | Foreign Affairs | Issue: Natural Resources | Essay By David G. Victor and Kassia Yanosek | July/August 2017: The technology revolution has transformed one industry after another, from retail to manufacturing to transportation. Its Read more…
Xinhua | Editor: Liangyu | July 22, 2017: BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) — High costs in grain production are posing challenges to China’s agricultural competitiveness, a report said. Rapidly-growing labor and land costs have boosted prices of homegrown farm produce Read more…
Xinhua| Editor: Liangyu | July 22, 2017: BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) — A green manufacturing alliance was inaugurated Saturday to better support the country’s green and sustainable development, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Led by Read more…
Xinhua | Editor: ZD | July 22, 2017: BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) – Once known as the “world’s factory” for producing cheap goods, China is relentlessly moving into an advanced stage in manufacturing upgrades in a time when the real Read more…
Clean Technica | By Zachary Shahan | GPE – July 23, 2017: Everything has its advantages and disadvantages, its pluses and minuses. So, naturally, there must be a number of solar power advantages and solar power disadvantages too, right? It’s Read more…
Lazard | Report | GPE – July 23, 2017: Lazard has released the tenth version of its Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE 10.0). An in depth study of Alternative Energy costs compared to conventional generation technologies. The central findings Read more…
Clean Technica | By Zachary Shahan | GPE – July 23, 2017: If you’re considering solar, and you’re like most people, one of the first questions you may ask is: How much do solar panels cost? Solar is a great Read more…
Clean Technica | By: James Ayre | July 21, 2017: More than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics have been produced by humans since large-scale production began back in the 1950s, according to a new study published in the journal Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Andy Spalding | July 21, 2017: Bhutan – the tiny Himalayan kingdom nestled between China and India – now writes an anti-corruption story unlike any I have seen, and in the best of ways. Deliberately Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Joshua S Hill | July 20th, 2017: China installed a record 24.4 gigawatts worth of new solar capacity across the first half of 2017, according to new figures from the country’s solar PV association, a new Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By Barry Cinnamon | July 20, 2017: At 1:30 on a Sunday afternoon in June, I experienced the second power outage at my Silicon Valley home this year. Then, last weekend a transformer explosion at a Read more…
Renewable Energy World | GPE – July 21, 2017: Transitioning to the energy landscape of the future is oftentimes distilled down to a rise in renewable power generation. But the reality is that myriad industries are evolving and contributing to Read more…
BN Americas | By: Javiera Gracia | July 20, 2017: Argentina has started building the Riachuelo Plant sub-fluvial sewage pipe which is expected to benefit 5mn people in Buenos Aires province. The government said in a press release the initiative Read more…
Photon | Post date: 20/07/2017: The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has accepted the Hawaiian Electric Companies’ plan charting the near-term actions that will lead to 100 percent of Hawaii’s power generation needs coming from renewable resources by 2045. According Read more…
The Guardian | By: Fiona Harvey | 20 July 2017: Hotels and local government in Cancún will pay premiums, and insurance industry will pay out if the reef is damaged by storms. A stretch of coral reef off Mexico is Read more…
The New York Times | By: Christine Hauser | July 20, 2017: With a tweet and very little else by way of detail, the entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday raised the prospect of speedy, hassle-free travel along the busy section Read more…
The New York Times | By: Paul Mozur and Jane Perlez | GPE – July 21, 2017: HONG KONG — When the United States Air Force wanted help making military robots more perceptive, it turned to a Boston-based artificial intelligence Read more…
The New York Times | By: Paul Mozur and John Markoff | GPE – July 21, 2017: Sören Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany, and seemed set to go to Europe or the United States, where Read more…
The New York Times | By: Paul Mozur | July 20, 2017: SHANGHAI — If Beijing has its way, the future of artificial intelligence will be made in China. The country laid out a development plan on Thursday to become Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Tom Fairless | Updated July 20, 2017: The European Central Bank pushed back further a decision on whether to wind down its giant bond-buying program. The European Central Bank delayed discussion over whether to Read more…
The Wall street Journal | By: Megumi Fujikawa and Yoko Kubota | Updated July 20, 2017: Bank Of Japan leaves policy rates on hold, raises view on economy. Japan’s timetable for achieving stable inflation has again been extended by a Read more…
Sagaret | Original In French | GPE – July 21, 2017: No buildings visible to the naked eye, no towers at Kengo Kuma. The famous Japanese architect, chosen to oversee the new Olympic stadium in Tokyo, has only one credo: Read more…
Forester Network | By: Laura Sanchez | GPE – July 21, 2017: It began innocently enough—a resume sent via email in Microsoft Word document format. But what transpired once power plant managers opened the files was unquestionably sinister. Originally posted Read more…
The Third Pole | By: Katherine Purvis, July 19, 2017: The Indian government’s policy of using treated sewage water to run operations in coal-fired power plants is not economically viable and will do little to resolve conflicts over water use. Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Martin Kenney | July 19, 2017: I have long advocated that Grand Corruption should be considered a crime against humanity, under Article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court. Given my prior Read more…
Barclays | By: Durukal Gun , Christian Keller, Sree Kochugovindan, Tomasz Wieladek | GPE – July 21, 2017: The period of hyperglobalisation that began in the early 1990s may be drawing to a close. Should deglobalisation come to pass, it Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: By Gregory Zuckerman and Rob Copeland | Updated July 20, 2017: Steven Cohen, David Einhorn and others are facing looming tax bills for years of offshore gains. Hedge-fund managers for years accumulated offshore gains Read more…
WaterWorld | By: Andrew Heath | GPE – July 21, 2017: Water infrastructure in the U.S. is in serious need of investment. The latest estimates from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggest that the nation’s drinking water infrastructure needs $384 Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Alexandra Gillies | July 20, 2017: Shell companies have been called the “getaway cars” of corruption. In some jurisdictions, including the United States, individuals can easily set up anonymous companies and use them to hide Read more…
Rocky Mountain Institute | By: Kevin Brehm | July 12, 2017: Market responses show rural electric co-ops and municipal utilities can save money with solar. On March 22, 2017, Rocky Mountain Institute’s Shine Program released a request for proposals (RFP) Read more…
The Hill | By: Melanie Zanona | 07/20/17: The timing and fate of President Trump’s infrastructure plan may depend on whether the GOP enacts major tax reform — a task that could prove challenging amid the struggle to pass a Read more…
PART I: THE FAILURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC MODEL: An Anthropologist looking down on planet Earth from Mars could come to the conclusion that nothing much is working in the major social organization system which we call Democracy. The description below Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Brian Christopher Greene and Deanne M. Barrow | GPE – July 19, 2017: Part One: Technological and cost breakthroughs are expected to lead to rapid growth in the number of utility and behind-the-meter storage projects. Read more…
Reuters | By: by Bate Felix | July 18, 2017: French utility EDF cut output at two reactors at its Tricastin nuclear plant in southern France on Tuesday, due to scorching temperatures, to reduce the amount of heated water from Read more…
Financial Times | July 18, 2017: This is shadow banking moving to the next stage of private money creation. Imagine a market where almost anyone can launch their own currency in exchange for millions of dollars of liquid funding without Read more…
OECD | Report | GPE – July 18, 2017: Since the beginning of China’s economic transformation in the early 1970s, investment has been a key driver of China’s growth and has contributed to substantial improvements in living standards. Report originally Read more…
Pacific Institute | By: Rapichan Phurisamban and Peter Gleick | GPE – July 17, 2017: In February of 2017, the Pacific Institute released a white paper entitled Drinking Fountains and Public Health: Improving National Infrastructure to Rebuild Trust and Ensure Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Richard L. Cassin | Monday, July 17, 2017: The World Bank Group announced the debarment Friday of AECOM Asia Company Limited for 18 months for violating the Bank’s guidelines for consultants. The debarment is part Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Mick Mulvaney | July 12, 2017 6:41 p.m. ET: If the Trump administration has one overarching goal, it’s to Make America Great Again. But what does this mean? It means we are promoting MAGAnomics—and Read more…
KPMG | GPE – July 16, 2017: Report originally published by KPMG in 2009: The development of infrastructure within China has consistently been a key focus for the government in the economic development initiatives encapsulated in regular Five-Year Plans, which Read more…
Pricewaterhouse Coopers | Oxford Economics | GPE – July 16, 2017: Extract From The Report: Infrastructure spending has begun to rebound from the global financial crisis and is expected to grow significantly over the coming decade. That is the main Read more…
Fortune International | GPE – July 16, 2017: The current focus of China on infrastructure development was explained in a special report originally published online by Fortune International on May 23rd 2013 – excerpted below: China is at a crossroads. Read more…
Financial Times | July 16th, 2017: Beijing pushes ahead with spending and new shipping routes through Arctic circle. China is ramping up acquisitions of overseas ports as it expands its reach as a maritime power, doubling its investments in port Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Sven Lindström | July 13, 2017: The stars are aligned for a breakthrough of small-scale solar energy in urban areas. This could completely change the world, the planet’s source of energy generation and save the Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Dr. Thomas Hillig | July 11, 2017: The Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius has changed its power generation paradigms by reducing diesel consumption with a 1.89 MW solar PV and 1 MW/572 kWh Li-Ion battery Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Michele Capots | July 12, 2017: Hurricane Sandy, known as Superstorm Sandy, was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Almost 2.5 million people were left without power in the Read more…
Reuters | By: Colin Packham | July 14, 2017: SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Friday proposed new laws to compel companies such as U.S. social media giant Facebook (FB.O) and device manufacturer Apple (AAPL.O) to provide security agencies access to Read more…
Time | By: Melissa Chan | Jul 12, 2017: Scientists have successfully teleported an object from Earth to space for the first time, paving the way for more ambitious and futuristic breakthroughs. A team of researchers in China sent a Read more…
World Resources Institute | By: Jiao Wang, Leah Schleifer and Lijin Zhong | GPE – July 13, 2017: Drought in Kenya and neighboring countries became so severe earlier this year that the government of Kenya declared a national disaster. Already, Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Giles Parkinson | July 11th, 2017: Chief scientist Alan Finkel says it is clear that investors in the energy market prefer wind and solar because they are cheaper to build than traditional generation such as hydro Read more…
Greentech Media | By: Julia Pyper | GPE – July 12, 2017: Oil companies have realized that renewables aren’t going away—and they want to get in on the action. Originally published – June 13, 2017: Wind and solar have reached Read more…
Chatham House | By: Professor Paul Stevens | GPE July 12, 2017: The IOCs are faced with the choice of managing a gentle decline by downsizing or risking a rapid collapse by trying to carry on business as usual. Summary: Read more…
Greentech Media | By: Julia Pyper | July 11, 2017: The oil giant’s New Energies division launched last year with an annual investment budget of just $200 million. Royal Dutch Shell is accelerating its move into alternative energy, with plans Read more…
Greentech Media | By: Julian Spector | July 11, 2017: The new company, Fluence, will combine AES’ expertise in utility-scale storage with Siemens’ global sales and engineering resources. Two of the biggest names in energy storage development have decided to Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Perry Williams, Bloomberg | July 7, 2017: Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. has won a tender to supply what the billionaire says is the world’s largest lithium-ion battery to back up the state of South Australia’s Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Alexa Corse | July 11, 2017 5:30 a.m. ET: The intrusion failed, but the incident prompted new precautions and concern by lawmakers. Last August, Maryland’s State Board of Elections noticed something suspicious: Someone was Read more…
Next Gov | By: Joon Ian Wong | July 11, 2017: Hackers in Singapore are going legit: The government may soon require them to get a license. As part of a draft bill that will make sweeping changes to Singapore’s Read more…
Defense One | By: Jack Watling | July 11, 2017: On Sunday, Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of Iraq, visited Mosul to herald the success of his army’s nine-month struggle to recapture the city from the Islamic State. In a Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Jeff Yan | July 10, 2017: As the country seeks to install energy generation capacity at lightning pace, China is looking at how smart technologies in large solar PV plants can help save time and Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By Kris Maher | Updated July 11, 2017 8:29 p.m. ET: Wish list for crumbling West Virginia facility is a big ask given U.S. funding levels. CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Two years ago, a safety area at the Read more…
Reuters | July 12, 2017 | 5:36 AM: BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Wednesday said it is setting up its first data center in China, in partnership with a local internet services company, to comply with tougher cyber-security laws Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Richard L. Cassin | Monday, July 10, 2017 at 9:28AM: Three fund managers and a national government said in SEC filings last week that Odebrecht’s corruption scandal has become a problem and a risk factor Read more…
UPI | By Brooks Hays | July 10, 2017 at 3:46 PM: “The future long-term trend based on paleoclimate reconstructions is likely towards diminishing precipitation,” researcher Sevag Mehterian said. July 10 (UPI) — New analysis of Iranian stalagmites have offered Read more…
Xinhua | Editor: Mengjie | 2017-07-10: BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) — China has made progress in addressing environmental misconduct at drinking water sources in cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said Monday. In May Read more…
Xinhua| Editor: An | 2017-07-10: With an area of about 400 square kilometers, the Purog Kangri glacier in Tibet is considered to be the third largest glacier in the world. It is melting at an accelerated rate, which has caused Read more…
The Washington Post | By: Kevin Sieff | July 10 at 7:32 PM: WINDHOEK, Namibia — Near the southern tip of Africa, 8,000 miles from Pyongyang, this capital city is an unlikely testament to North Korean industry. There’s the futuristic Read more…
Xinhua| Editor: Liangyu | 2017-07-11: BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) – China’s sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation (CIC) said Tuesday that its overseas investment returned to profit in 2016 despite uncertainties in the global investment environment. CIC posted a U.S. Read more…
Xinhua| Editor: Yamei | 2017-07-11: HAMBURG, Germany, July 11 (Xinhua) — The just-concluded G20 summit sent a positive signal that the world’s major economies, of which China is a bellwether, will push for “interconnected” growth, enhance economic cooperation and improve Read more…
Bloomberg | By: Brian K Sullivan | 7 July 2017: Texas struggled through its driest year in history in 2011. Four years later was its wettest ever. The Mississippi River rose to all-time-high flood levels in 2011. In 2012, its Read more…
Privacy Laws & Business | July 10, 2017: The EU Commission hopes to issue Japan with an adequacy decision on international data transfers by early 2018. A joint statement of 4 July by Věra Jourová, EU Commissioner for Justice, and Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Richard L. Cassin | Monday, July 10, 2017 at 7:28AM Wall Street’s independent regulator warned that people claiming to be involved in the hiring process for legitimate organizations are using Skype and similar apps to Read more…
Reuters | By: Phil Stewart and Valerie Volcovici | Jul 10, 2017 | 6:42am EDT: U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday backtracked on his push for a cyber security unit with Russia, tweeting that he did not think it could Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Telis Demos | July 9, 2017 7:00 a.m. ET: Big banks start rollout of machines that could be accessed with customers’ biometric data via a smartphone. In 2015, Citigroup Inc. C 0.41% began testing Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Paul Hannon and David Harrison | Updated July 9, 2017 8:03 a.m. ET: Weak growth in prices questions traditional model of linking output and prices. Leading central banks plan to withdraw some of the Read more…
The Washington Post | By: Aaron Gregg | July 9, 2017 | 2:00 PM: The Pentagon is taking initial steps to more closely enforce so-called “Buy American” laws, elevating a series of Depression-era statutes that require manufacturers to rely on Read more…
The Hill | By: Rebecca Savransky | July 09, 2017 | 12:47 PM EDT: In a surprise move coming out of the G-20 meetings with the world’s most powerful leaders, President Trump on Sunday shifted conversation from trade or healthcare Read more…
The Washington Post | By: Elizabeth Douglass | July 8 at 7:00 AM: LAKE STATION, Ind. — This hard-luck town just south of Chicago is weighing a decision confronting many small and midsize cities with shrinking populations and chronic budget Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Richard L. Cassin | Friday, July 7, 2017 at 7:28AM: The World Bank debarred Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG for fifteen months after a former employee took bribes to influence contract awards on a project Read more…
Financial Times | July 08, 2017: Seizure warrants are latest attempt to put financial squeeze on Pyongyang. Eight of the world’s biggest banks have been pulled into the US government’s efforts to isolate North Korea after officials secured warrants to Read more…
Reuters | By: Lisa Lambert | Fri Jul 7, 2017 | 6:12pm EDT: Many of the major risks U.S. banks face lay beyond their control, according to a review released by banking’s top federal regulator on Friday that found the Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: John Farrell | July 6, 2017: Two key moves will propel San Francisco toward an all-renewable electricity mix by 2030, potentially making the city — the 13th largest in the nation — a model for Read more…
Clean Technica | The Guardian | By: Steve Hanley | July 7th, 2017: Sea walls and barriers built by the Romans have endured for 1,500 years — far longer than anything made with modern concrete, which relies almost exclusively Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Jess Shankleman, Bloomberg | July 6, 2017: BlackRock Inc. exceeded a $1 billion fundraising target for wind and solar investments for its latest global clean energy fund, underscoring investor interest in renewable energy amid policy Read more…
Circle Of Blue | By Brett Walton | GPE – July 07, 2017: Some wells gurgle and hiss before they die. Others expire with a puff of sand. Either way, the result is the same: no more running water. Report Read more…
Newsdeeply.com | By: Mark Grossi | July 5, 2017: Drought conditions continue for thousands of rural residents in the San Joaquin valley who rely on groundwater. And the race to dig deeper wells is a losing game for small communities Read more…
Reuters | By: Jonathan Stempel | Fri Jul 7, 2017 | 5:06am EDT: U.S. authorities have tried to seize millions of dollars associated with several companies that deal with North Korea, including the country’s military, from eight large international banks, Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Jacob Gershman, Ian Talley and Aruna Viswanantha | July 6, 2017 8:37 p.m. ET: A federal court in May gave the department authority to investigate alleged money laundering involving a Chinese coal-trading network. A Read more…
Reuters | By: David Ingram | Jul 6, 2017 | 5:46pm EDT: A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) could move forward with a lawsuit that aims to free technology companies to speak more openly about surveillance Read more…
Reuters | By Elias Gebreselassie | Tue Jul 4, 2017 | 6:57am EDT: Ethiopia is enlisting the cooperation of people in and around its forests to manage woodland better, hoping to protect the country from the effects of climate change Read more…
BBC News | By: Matt McGrath | 5 July, 2017: The global use of untreated waste water from cities to irrigate crops is much more widespread than previously estimated, says a new report. According to this updated assessment, nearly 30 Read more…
Reuters | By: Gabriele Pileri and Isla Binnie | Wed Jul 5, 2017 | 9:05am EDT: Baking summer heat has forced Rome to close some of the drinking fountains known as “big noses”, or “nasoni”, that constantly gush fresh water Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Joe Ryan, Bloomberg | June 29, 2017: As Elon Musk races to finish building the world’s biggest battery factory in the Nevada desert, China is poised to leave him in the dust. Chinese companies have Read more…
The Washington Post | By Darryl Fears | July 4 at 10:18 AM: The $19 billion bid to clean the Chesapeake Bay and restore its health rests on a simple plan: cut the amount of nutrient waste — involving nitrogen, Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Joshua S Hill | July 4th, 2017: Germany reached a new renewable energy record in the first half of this year, generating 35.1% of its electricity from renewable energy sources, according to the country’s trade body, Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Renewable Energy World Editors | June 27, 2017: The U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami yesterday approved a resolution calling for 100 percent renewable energy in cities across the U.S. by 2035. “What better way Read more…