Keep green energy clean

The astonishment that China's top energy official expressed over the United States' decision to investigate the country's clean energy policies must be widely shared by global proponents of a greener and more sustainable future.

With international negotiations being painfully stalled on a coordinated and adequate global response to the increasingly obvious consequences of climate change, it is disheartening to see that the Obama administration is trying to politicize another country's green energy policies for nothing more than midterm election votes.

In an ostensible attempt to appeal to voters who are deeply disappointed about their domestic woes, the US started an investigation into China's clean energy sector on Oct 15, the same day as the US Treasury Department postponed a report on whether China is manipulating its currency to obtain an unfair trade advantage.