 Bradsher is also known for writing extensively in 2009 and 2010 that China was passing the West in the production of wind turbines and solar panels, and for his coverage in November and December, 2013, of the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.Bradsher shared the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2013  with other "New York Times" reporters for their work the preceding year on Apple's business practices in a changing global economy.Bradsher won the George Polk Award for national reporting on his coverage of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) during 1997 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize the same year.