
Government investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean tech. (HSBC 2009)
The $121 billion or so of economic stimulus spent in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on “green” projects like high speed rail, energy efficiency, renewable energy and the smart grid is undoubtedly a hefty sum of money, yet it is dwarfed by green stimulus spending in China in 2009.
Timothy Hurst is the founder of ecopolitology and executive editor of LiveOAK Media. He mostly covers energy and environmental politics, clean tech and green business; but has a tendency to cover music festivals in the summer. When not reading, writing, or talking about environmental politics to anyone who will listen, Tim will ski, hike with his aging lab and get dirty in his Colorado veggie garden. Follow Tim on twitter at @ecopolitologist.