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The Skyline's the limit

In solar biz, simple and cheap are keys to success 3
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Skyline Solar says its approach will deliver on the promise of concentrated photovoltaic farms -- producing electricity cheaper than standard solar panels from arrays built closer to cities and power lines.
So Long, Saturn

I sold my car, and I couldn’t be happier ... I think 20
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The road from deciding to ditch your car to actually doing it can be bumpy -- find out how one urban driver navigated her way to auto-freedom.
Climate Savings Bond

Pinko bastion spawns capitalist solution to solar financing 4
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The hotbed of East Bay Bolshevism has become a wellspring of municipal eco-capitalism that's serving as a model for expanding the use of solar power in less leftist locales.
Hizzoner's Progress

15 green-leaning mayors 17
Posted 7 months ago
Global warming is a global problem -- but there ain't no global solution. That's why mayors across the U.S. are taking matters into their own hands.
Brainstorm Green

Policy chatter is on everyone’s lips at Fortune’s green-business conference 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Fortune Magazine's annual Brainstorm Green confab brings together Fortune 500 types (naturally), green tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and enviros. As such it's a barometer for the state of green in the Green State.
Deposing King Corn?

Corn ethanol approaches a moment of truth 33
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Corn ethanol may have reached a turning point. But it is regulators, not legislators, who are in the driver's seat. A series of regulatory rulings may help to determine whether corn ethanol or soy biodiesel will play any meaningful role in our future biofuel mix.
Waiver goodbye?

States left wondering about EPA’s greenhouse gas ruling 5
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The EPA's greenhouse gas announcement explicitly tied motor vehicle emissions to climate change. But there was no mention of allowing California or more than a dozen other states to move forward promptly with their long languishing laws.
Reaching for the stars

California utility bets on space-based solar power 11
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Solaren, a stealthy Southern California startup founded by veterans of key players in the military-industrial complex, is betting on space-based solar power. The company's first customer: Pacific Gas & Electric.
Myth: Democrats support good climate policy and Republicans oppose it 13
Posted 8 months ago
Energy and climate scramble the usual left-right political divisions. Many of the big fights are not among parties but among regions and levels of government.
Photon wrangling

For eSolar, clean energy starts with computing power 3
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
As solar projects finally start to be built, a shakeout is inevitable. The winners will be those solar technologies that produce the most carbon-free electricity at the cheapest prices.
Pre-empty promises

Supreme Court decisions bode well for global warming-related preemption cases 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago By Elizabeth Wydra, Hannah McCrea
Two recent Supreme Court decisions bode well for ongoing and seemingly unrelated global warming litigation.
Wish They All Could Be California Kids

New jobs program, school buses in the Golden State 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Two news items of note from sunny Californ-i-a.
California has much to lose from rising sea levels, study says 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Are emission targets ever really ‘science-based’? 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
L.A. solar not dead, regardless of final vote on ballot measure 0
Posted 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Los Angelenos narrowly reject city-wide solar plan 4
Posted 9 months ago
EPA to host public hearing on the California waiver 0
Posted 9 months ago
Berkeley’s program to finance solar systems through property tax assessments is off to great start 5
Posted 9 months ago
A closer look at PG&E’s immensely promising solar proposal 0
Posted 9 months ago
Solar hot water heating’s day in the sun 4
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago