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Florida Solar Group Backs Offshore Drilling
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/8/2009
Florida Solar Group Backs Offshore Drilling
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The solar industry in Florida announced its support for offshore oil and gas drilling, in the hopes of creating a revenue stream to support clean energy.
School District Revisits Making Ice at Night to Reduce Energy Use
cleantechnica.com - 10/14/2009
School District Revisits Making Ice at Night to Reduce Energy Use
— cleantechnica.com — A Florida school district was way ahead of the clean energy curve in the ’80’s. The Hillsborough... School District contracted with the first companies pioneering the use of cheap excess off-peak night time power to freeze water at night which would ... (more) School District Revisits Making Ice at Night to Reduce ...

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Solar Group's Drilling Stance Spurs Backlash
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/15/2009
Solar Group's Drilling Stance Spurs Backlash
— greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com — A Florida solar group expresses support for offshore oil and gas drilling as a means of generating... revenue for its industry. (more) Solar Group's Drilling Stance Spurs Backlash

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Switchboard, from NRDC:  A Really Bad Idea: Drill Offshore and Use Revenues for Solar in Florida

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A Really Bad Idea: Drill Offshore and Use Revenues for Solar in Florida
Switchboard, from NRDC — A surprise headline from NY Times Green Inc. Blog earlier this week: "Florida Solar Group Backs Offshore Drilling" Say what?  In a release last week, the Florida branch of the Solar Energy Industries Association [FL SEIA] announced its support for drilling off the state's coast - in order to create a revenue stream to support solar energy. If offshore drilling goes forward, "we want to be able to have a seat at the table, to direct those funds or at least a portion of those funds to a ...

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