Concerns rise over a surge in illegal Chinese immigrants crossing the U.S. southern border. Is TikTok lending a hand? Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is pressuring the World Bank not to lend money to Beijing. How has the institution fueled China’s position on the world stage? This year’s Nobel Peace Prize nominations are out. A UK […]
The Energy Department has announced plans to put solar panels on the Pentagon. Stephen Bryen, a leading expert in security strategy and technology at the Center for Security Policy, told NTD that the plan would be a “waste of hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money” for something that is not needed and that […]
No more taxpayer funds for Wuhan’s infamous lab. That seems to be the message after the National Institute of Health (NIH) quietly removed the lab from its list of foreign research facilities that qualify for support. The Wuhan Virology Institute is among the suspected sources of COVID-19. The United States has sent grants to the […]
President Joe Biden kept his promise to veto legislation reversing his temporary suspension of tariffs on some solar panels from China. “Passage of this resolution bets against American innovation. It would undermine these efforts and create deep uncertainty for American businesses and workers in the solar industry,” Biden wrote in a May 16 message to […]
Chinese police stations in the West and President Joe Biden’s promise to veto tariffs on solar panels entering the country are two of the most trending topics related to China right now. NTD spoke to Salih Hudayar, prime minister of East Turkistan Government-In-Exile, about his personal experience with transnational repression, and how he views human […]
The U.S. government has data on millions of Americans through a secret surveillance program. Who has access to the data, and what are certain high-ranking officials saying? A Catholic organization sues the FBI for weaponizing government power to go after Catholics. The president of the group joins us to explore what has happened so far. […]
Concerns are surfacing on Capitol Hill about taxpayer money being used illegally to purchase Chinese-produced solar panels. NTD spoke to Prime Minister Salih Hudayar of East Turkistan Government-in-Exile. He describes how it’s possible these panels could be made in an inhumane way in China’s Xinjiang region, also known as East Turkistan. Hudayar says it is […]
Fighting China through microchip making—President Joe Biden vows to boost the industry in the battleground state of Ohio. Biden’s new clean energy adviser is under scrutiny. An investigation looks into whether he’s tied to China. Are American tax dollars paying for Chinese forced labor products? Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are looking for answers. […]
It’s been a week of legal highs and lows for former President Donald Trump—from a victory in the special master case to a recent development in a case against Hillary Clinton. Are your tax dollars going to China to buy solar panels made with slave labor? House lawmakers are sounding the alarm, calling for an […]
Germany is facing a potential energy crisis this winter. That’s if Russia continues to reduce gas supplies, or cuts them entirely. But a Ukrainian entrepreneur has created solar panels that can be installed on any balcony. It’s an effort to reduce reliance on Russian energy.
For years the west has complained that China’s state subsidies allow Chinese businesses to offer much lower prices than overseas competitors, including in the production of solar panels. A recent report backed up that accusation.
President Joe Biden today signed a declaration of emergency so that the U.S. can import more solar panels from Southeast Asian countries. This, as there’s an ongoing investigation into whether these solar products in these countries are made with forced labor from China. If so, that means the White House is ignoring its own anti-forced […]
The Ministry of Justice is set to cancel a 12 million pound ($16 million) contract to install solar panels on prisons and courts. The move comes after it was revealed some parts of the panels were made by a company that uses slave labour in China. Research has found that Xinjiang produces around 45 percent […]
California is currently proposing legislation that solar experts say quite ironically could kill the solar industry in California. Now Tesla is joining the fight against it. NTD spoke with Dale Rolph, head of business development at Pacific Sun Technologies, a residential solar provider in Southern California, about his thoughts.
The Harvard Business Review recently published a paper, “The Dark Side of Solar Power.” It says, “Solar energy is a rapidly growing market, which should be good news for the environment. unfortunately there’s a catch.” The catch is that solar panel waste is highly toxic. Is the catch a game changer? We find out by […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Astronauts finished unfurling a new pair of solar panels outside the International Space Station on Friday, making their third spacewalk in just over a week. NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and France’s Thomas Pesquet successfully installed the second in a series of powerful solar wings that should keep the space station running the rest of […]
