Betting on China’s green transformation; plus Norway’s all-electric future is now

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Betting on China’s green transformation; plus Norway’s all-electric future is now

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(A native of England, veteran journalist Matthew Diebel has worked at NBC News, Time, USA Today and News Corp., among other organizations.)

Doing laundry, a green transformation is revealed

The Chinese tend to get things done fast. I know this in part because I volunteer at an ASPCA animal shelter in New York City where my work partner is a charming and energetic Chinese woman. Most of our tasks involve washing, drying and folding the towels and sheets used in the dog and cat enclosures, and while I am folding one towel, she has done two.

We talk a lot, and last week the conversation turned to Hong Kong, which I have visited a couple of times and like very much. She is also fond of the bustling former British colony, having traveled there many times from her hometown, Shenzhen, which lies immediately to the north.

I then quizzed her about Shenzhen. “Is it heavily polluted like a lot of Chinese cities?” I asked. “Well, it used to be,” she said. “When I was a child, there were terrible smogs and the waterways were badly polluted. But, when I was a teenager things started to change.”

That’s because, in 2010, the central government designated Shenzhen, which has about 13 million inhabitants, to be among 11 provinces and cities to develop and pilot low-carbon solutions for industry, transport, renewable energy, construction, consumption and ecology…

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Trey has been an editor and author at 24/7 Wall St. for more than a decade, where he has published thousands of articles analyzing corporate earnings, dividend stocks, short interest, insider buying, private equity, and market trends. His comprehensive coverage spans the full spectrum of financial markets, from blue-chip stalwarts to emerging growth companies.

Beyond 24/7 Wall St., Trey has created and edited financial content for Benzinga and AOL's BloggingStocks, contributing additional hundreds of articles to the investment community. He previously oversaw the 24/7 Climate Insights site, managing editorial operations and content strategy, and currently oversees and creates content for My Investing News.

Trey's editorial expertise extends across multiple publishing environments. He served as production editor at Dearborn Financial Publishing and development editor at Kaplan, where he helped shape financial education materials. Earlier in his career, he worked as a writer-producer at SVE. His freelance editing portfolio includes work for prestigious clients such as Sage Publications, Rand McNally, the Institute for Supply Management, the American Library Association, Eggplant Literary Productions, and Spiegel.

Outside of financial journalism, Trey writes fiction and has been an active member of the writing community for years, overseeing a long-running critique group and moderating workshop sessions at regional conventions. He lives with his family in an old house in the Midwest.

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