The University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability and the William Davidson Institute hosted a discussion by Bill Spindle, energy transition and global climate correspondent, on his career reporting as an environmental journalist across the world Wednesday afternoon. Spindle, who graduated from the University with a degree in English literature, has reported on climate politics for decades. “How do you make an energy transition that requires quite a lot of resources up front, even though the payoff comes later? He said Pakistan has seen a large amount of solar panels imported into the country. “You basically got anybody who can afford solar panels buying solar panels, sticking them everywhere they can stick them — on their roofs, on their balconies, on their front lawn,” Smith said.