As recent years have shown, social entrepreneurship in the developing world doesn’t have to come from philanthropic behemoths such as Google or Microsoft—they can start right at home in the grassy steppes, rainy jungles or dusty cities. Case in point: Sunlabob’s solar initiative in Laos, which has brought solar lanterns, panels and even entire grids [...]

After several months of scrutinizing solar in China, let us shift our focus for now to another energy-guzzling, rising economic power with some ambitious energy goals of its own: India. While India’s emissions record is commendable in comparison with China’s (8 percent of global CO2 emissions in 2007, compared to China’s staggering 24 percent), by [...]