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Skinner bill expands solar energy buy-back program in California(0)

February 22, 2010

The California Legistlature adopted a Bill written by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, that would allow utilities to buy up to 5 percent of their energy from customers. Current law limits those purchases to 2.5 percent.
The Assembly adopted the bill on a 53-1 vote and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said the governor intends to sign it. The [...]

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New Green Home Solutions

Green living begins at home, and New Green Home Solutions tells you how. Most of the energy-derived pollution we produce comes as a direct result of our homes – how we heat them, how we cool them, how we keep them well-lit and full of things that make our lives so comfortable. The good news [...]

How to Harness the Power and Help the Future

We have come along way in developing societies that have electricity and thepower necessary to fuel vehicles and for industry to be successful. All of theseefforts though rely upon the use of energy source that comes from fossil fuels.They are found in the ground and have to be processed in order for us to havethat [...]

What a Green Job Will Pay

Thinking about getting a job in the renewable energy field, but not sure what a green job will pay?  There is a wide variation, depending on your skills, training and… yes…. even your gender.  The first annual Carbon Salary Survey was recently published and provides information on salaries and opportunities alike for the green job [...]


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