California’s Climate Change Policy Leaves Agriculture in the Dust
ewg.org 9/28/2009 — September 28th, 2009 #reportTopperWrap h3 { display: none;} California’s Climate Change Policy Leaves Agriculture in the Dust: Major missed opportunities for synergies in climate change mitigation and adaptation by Kari ...

California Requires TVs To Be More Energy Efficient
huffingtonpost.com 16 days ago — SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators Wednesday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate to reduce electricity demand. On a unanimous vote, the California Energy Commission ...

California to Charge Fee for Emissions
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 10/13/2009 — Beginning late next year, California pollution regulators will charge companies 15 cents per metric ton of greenhouse gases they emit.

Clean-tech investment flowing to California because of climate change policies
mercurynews.com 10/6/2009 — San Jose Mercury News: Over the past year in California, multinational corporations, private investment firms and even the Department of Defense have pumped more than a billion dollars into, of all things, algae. This recent influx of funds for ...

New California Solar Power Energy Measures
easyecoblog.com 10/26/2009 — California recently approved several new bills that will help spur growth in solar power. They affect how California’s power market works and encourage people to setup more solar panel systems. The first bill AB920 requires California’s utilities to buy extra solar power you ...

California Unveils TV Efficiency Standards
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 9/18/2009 — California today unveiled energy-efficiency requirements for televisions, becoming the first state in the nation to craft regulations for one of the largest users of energy in American households.

E.P.A. Allows California Emissions Rules
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 6/30/2009 — The Environmental Protection Agency has granted California's long-sought request to tighten tailpipe emission regulations, a key step in the Obama administration's plan to make cars across the nation more fuel efficient.

Climate Change Effects In California
sciencedaily.com 4/13/2009 — ScienceDaily: A biennial report released April 1 by a team of experts that advises California's governor suggests that climate changes are poised to affect virtually every sector of the state's economy and most of its ecosystems. Significant impacts ...

California takes on King Corn
wwwp.dailyclimate.org 4/20/2009 — Daily Climate: California regulators, trying to assess the true environmental cost of corn ethanol, are poised to declare that the biofuel cannot help the state reduce global warming. As they see it, corn is no better – and might be worse ...

California proposes new program for 1 GW of renewables
grist.org 9/2/2009 — by Adam Browning The California Public Utilities Commission issued a new proposal today designed to significantly increase the amount of solar energy installed in the state. It is kind of like a feed-in tariff, but different.  Call it a feed-in ...

Maldives wind farm to supply 40 per cent of island nation's power — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 11/3/2009
Yvonne Chan in Hong Kong, BusinessGreen , Tuesday 3 November 2009 at 09:11:00 Government claims $200m project will bring country closer to goal of carbon neutrality by 2020 A US$200m, 75MW wind farm planned for the Maldives is to provide ...

Interactive: The World's Dirtiest Power Plants — Forbes.com: Energy News 11/3/2009
Sixty percent of the world's electricity comes from plants burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon. Many of the highest-emission plants are concentrated in the United States and East Asia. Here, a look at the world's 200 biggest carbon offenders ...

Toyota applies flower power to Prius plant — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 30 days ago
Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen , Friday 6 November 2009 at 11:08:00 New species planted on factory roof to help cool building and combat air pollution Toyota has created a new species of pollution-eating flower to help counter criticisms ...

Renault-Nissan move to power up electric vehicle vision — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 30 days ago
Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Friday 6 November 2009 at 13:03:00 French deal aims to produce 100,000 electric car batteries a year from 2012 The Renault-Nissan Alliance took another step towards its goal of delivering mainstream electric ...