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White House won't put solar on it … but we will
The Obama administration didn't commit to putting panels back on the White House. That's too bad. But it's also a great reminder of who the real leaders are. If the president can't climb up on the roof and hammer in some solar panels, clearly we need to push him up. Join us on 10/10/10!
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Report: China overtakes U.S. as best country for green investors
A new Ernst & Young study confirms that China has now surpassed the U.S. as the most attractive place for green tech investment.
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Obstacles and Opportunities for Community Solar Power
Successful community solar power projects in Colorado, Maryland, and North Carolina are knocking down the price of residential-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) by 25% and giving renters and people with shady roofs a chance to go solar. The potential is enormous: nearly every state could get at least 20% of its power from rooftop solar alone. […]
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They paved paradise and put up a (solar) parking lot
REC Solar announced a deal to install a photovoltaic array on a hospital's carports. At 2.9 megawatts, the installation will be the nation's largest solar carport complex.
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Energy machismo and White House solar panels
If there’s one thing you can say about President Obama it’s that he certainly hasn’t given his erstwhile fans on the left a shortage of things to keep scratching their heads over. One of the biggest perennial question marks hanging over his administration has been his failure to lead on clean energy – and not […]
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The Climate Post: Beating a dead climate horse
Read about the shape of the 2010 wind market, world pessimism about the U.S., activists turning to issues besides the climate bill, and more.
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Solar projects continue to shine despite dark economic times
Three years into a decade-long project to install 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic arrays, California is almost halfway to its goal.Photo: Flickr via Jason Levine DesignAs the Great Recession drags on in California — unemployment rate: 12.4 percent, state government in a state of collapse — the solar boom continues. The Golden State’s decade-long program to […]
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Can voluntary action fix Britain’s shoddy housing stock?
Britain’s housing stock: charming but leakyPhoto courtesy UGArdener via FlickrPrime Minister David Cameron’s call for Brits to take up the challenge of government by joining what he calls the “Big Society” exists so far largely in the realm of rhetorical flourishes. The political appeal is obvious: Maybe we can get communities to do stuff — […]
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Solar panels’ deadly attraction lures some to their demise
masterjack.roger via FlickrPV, I only have eyes for you. It really bugs us that there are (naturally) some down sides to renewable energy solutions, such as solar or wind. Which makes the news that the brilliant shine of solar panels is luring some insects to their deaths sting even more. Wasp could be worse than […]
