huffingtonpost.com - 19 days ago
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The Metropolitan Water District is considering two competing projects to provide Southern California an extra fifty million gallons of freshwater per day. These two projects, however, take very different approaches toward addressing the problem of limited freshwater supplies in this arid region.
For one project, Poseidon Resources wants to build a desalination facility in the San Diego area to tap the ocean for its seemingly limitless supply of water. For the other project, Coastal Restoration ...
sacbee.com - 14 days ago
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Car insurance by the tankful? Not quite, but
California moved a step closer last month to pay-as-you-drive
policies that could allow motorists to buy insurance like they do gasoline a little at a time. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner released ...
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mile auto insurance advances in California
greentechmedia.com - 21 days ago
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Utilities don’t have much time to revamp their
grids to accommodate the growing popularity of rooftop solar.
Here are some technologies that could help.
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Will Solar Crash the Smart Grid?
triplepundit.com - 21 days ago
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With unprecedented legislation, forward-thinking design and standards, and
many active supporters, one might say that California is
a leader in the green building charge. Friday’s 3rd Annual Green Building Super Heroes Award Gala, hosted by the ...
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Super Heroes of Green Building
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... ) can offer a lot more bang for the buck, so to speak, then building new power. And asSteve Fleischli at HuffingtonPost reports, when faced with choosing a $550 million salinat... ...
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