Brookings Touts Philadelphia’s Top 5 Strengths in U.S. Clean Economy
On October 11th, Mark Muro, Policy Director of The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, presented the national-level chapter of the story of ‘Greater Philadelphia’s 21st century Clean...
View ArticleU.S. Clean Energy Super-Corridor from Albany NY/Boston MA Through...
This week, I’ll be providing five mini-slideshows to add context and substantive detail to last week’s post and video clip on Brookings Touts Philadelphia’s Top 5 Strengths in U.S. Clean Economy....
View ArticleU.S. Clean Energy Super-Corridor Clusters Are Growing High-Quality Green Jobs
Yesterday’s mini-slide show focused on the five principal clusters in the northeast Clean Energy super-corridor: Albany -Schenectady-Troy, NY Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH New York-Northern New...
View ArticleSo How Is Philadelphia Doing in the U.S. Clean Energy ‘Super Corridor’?
Philadelphia enjoys key advantages in the emerging national clean economy, not least due to its linchpin position at the heart of a vibrant clean energy ‘super-corridor’ running from Albany NY and...
View ArticleClean Energy ‘Super-Corridor:’ Balanced Profile of ‘Green Collar’ Jobs
One of the strongest attributes of job-creation from the clean energy economy in Greater Philadelphia and its surrounding ‘super-corridor’ (NY/MA through DC/VA) is its balanced profile. Year after...
View ArticleARPA-e and New Energy Hubs Survive Budget Battle
In the spirit of sharing news while it’s fresh, I’m copying verbatim a report on the gold nugget in the pile of dross that has passed for this year’s national budget process. For those of you who took...
View ArticleRinging Out 2011 & Ringing In 2012
Thanks to everyone for their support in 2011 and my best wishes for your health and happiness in 2012! The U.S./China Clean Energy blog ends the year with close to six thousand views, a level I believe...
View ArticleHow do you say ‘Jon Huntsman’ in Mandarin?
This is the first of regular weekly Cooketop News blog posts (scheduled to appear each Monday). By reviewing the previous week’s top stories involving — broadly speaking — China clean energy, the idea...
View ArticleU.S. Regains Pace-setter Position for Global Clean Energy Investment. What...
This is the second in the 2012 series of Cooketop News commentaries and news recaps. By reviewing the previous week’s top stories involving — broadly speaking — U.S./China clean energy, the...
View ArticleHappy Year of the Snake – Update 1
Happy Year of the Snake! I have some major catching up to do so let me begin here with a link to my book which the Wilson Center launched on September 24, 2012. (Note: if you want to download the PDF...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Region and Tianjin Economic-Technology Development Area Sign...
Terry Cooke:Time to shake off the cobwebs and get this site up to date again with what we’ve been up to. This press release from Philadelphia City Hall — just out today — is a good place to start …...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Region & Tianjin Partner Win U.S.-China EcoPartnership Recognition
The summer’s over and the new work-year has begun. No better way to kick it off than with a reprise of our summer’s big news — China Partnership of Greater Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Selected to Join Prestigious Global Cities Initiative (GCI) Network
Philadelphia was selected today to join an economic development network created by the Global Cities Initiative (GCI) , a five-year joint project of the Brookings Institution and JPMorgan Chase....
View ArticleWhat Is “The Road To Paris” in 2015 ? — and How Did You Find Yourself On It?
Yes, You’re On The Road to Paris Let’s take the second question first. How did you find yourself on the road to Paris? Well, that’s because you’re a human being sharing in the planet’s oxygen,...
View ArticleTime For Xi to Reform His Reforms
by Elizabeth C. Economy February 6, 2015 ( Photo: Stringer/Courtesy Reuters). As Xi Jinping nears the two-year mark of his tenure as president of China, he might want to take stock of what is working...
View Article羊年快乐! Happy Year of the Sheep (Ram) … or the Goat?
Happy Year of the Sheep (Ram) … err ..or Goat? All are basically conveyed by the Chinese character 羊 This leads to some confusion since, biologically and genetically, sheep and goats are quite...
View Article‘Tigers & Flies’ Growl and Buzz in Tianjin
President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive — known for its signature vow to target both ‘tigers’ (top-level officials) and ‘flies’ (low-level functionaries) — shows no sign of abating. It may even...
View ArticleChina’s Sword of Damocles: Crackdown or Startup?
Henry “Hank” Paulson — former Chairman of Goldman Sachs, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and creator of the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue — was in Philadelphia last Wednesday....
View ArticleEarth Day 2015 — Let’s Drink to Water!
Hard to believe? Here’s the data behind it. Three cheers for water!
View ArticleChina spells out cost of meeting pollution targets
Following the historic U.S.-China joint announcements on climate change and clean energy presented by Presidents Obama and Xi last November, the global climate change picture continues to come into...
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