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New California Cars Display Smog, Global Warming Scores
ens-newswire.com - 1/6/2009
New California Cars Display Smog, Global Warming Scores
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Environment News Service: As of January 1, every 2009 model year and newer car built for sale in California will be required to carry a label that clearly ranks the vehicle's environmental impact. A vehicle's certification level can be found under the hood on the vehicle emissions control ...
Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in California
latimes.com - 1/3/2009
Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in California
— latimes.com — LA Times: That 52-inch, flat-screen television on the family room wall may have a terrific picture, but there's a big drawback: It's an energy hog. State regulators are getting ready to curb the growing power gluttony of TV sets by drafting the ... (more) Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in ...

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Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in California - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 1/5/2009
Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in California - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — The consumer electronics industry opposes the regulations, expected to pass in mid-2009, and claims that they could remove some TVs from store shelves and slightly boost sticker prices. But the California Energy Commission is looking for ways to ... (more) Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in ...

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gosolarcalifornia.org - 1/2/2009
The California Solar Initiative - CSI
— gosolarcalifornia.org — photo of large solar array in farm or vineyard? photo from CPUC A Decade of Support for Solar The California Solar Initiative is part of the Go Solar California campaign and builds on 10 years of state solar rebates offered to customers in ... (more) The California Solar Initiative - CSI

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Autoblog Green:  All new cars in California now carry smog, global warming scores

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All new cars in California now carry smog, global warming scores
Autoblog Green — Filed under: Etc., Legislation and Policy, GEM Since the beginning of the year, all 2009 model year vehicles (and anything newer, once they're available) sold in California will be sporting a new sticker. No, not the kind that makes your car worth $4,000 more but the kind that describes the vehicle's global warming and smog scores. Just look under the hood of that new car (if you're the unusual kind of person who's still out there car shopping) and you'll see it, courtesy of the California Air Resources Board. As some ...

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