news.prnewswire.com - 5/11/2009
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Expansion expected to generate energy equal to powering more than 1300 homes annually LOS ANGELES , April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT ), as part of its commitment to accelerate and broaden its sustainability efforts, announced it is expanding its solar ...
npr.org - 5/11/2009
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National Public Radio: California is in its third
year of drought, and many farmers in the state's...
crop-rich Central Valley are looking at dusty fields, or worse, are cutting down their orchards before the trees die. Hardest hit is Westlands, the ...
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Drought, politics trouble farmers in California
reuters.com - 5/19/2009
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By Environment News Service - Environment News Service
President Barack Obama is proposing on Tuesday the highest...
auto fuel efficiency standards ever attempted in the United States. Burning less fuel also will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ...
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Obama Drafts California to Raise Fuel Efficiency
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sfgate.com - 5/14/2009
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San Francisco Chronicle: California's big plans for solar
power keep getting bigger. Pacific Gas and Electric Co....
and a young Oakland company on Wednesday signed what may be the world's largest solar deal, one that will create a string of seven solar ...
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United States: PG&E expands solar power plans
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Start-Ups Rise to Push Solar on College Campuses
It's Getting Hot In Here —
Universities are on the cutting edge of solar energy research, but they’re surprisingly laggard when it comes to adopting it.
Only nine campuses have installed systems producing more than 1 megawatt of electricity, and even those system are making only a tiny dent in their campus power supplies. The 1.2 MW system at the University of California San Diego, ...
Start-Ups Rise to Push Solar on College Campuses
WattHead - Energy News and Commentary —
Universities are on the cutting edge of solar energy research, but they’re surprisingly laggard when it comes to adopting it. Only nine campuses have installed systems producing more than 1 megawatt of electricity, and even those system are making only a tiny dent in their campus power supplies. The 1.2 MW system at the University of California San Diego, for one, generates less than 4% of campus energy use. Dozens of other campuses have smaller solar projects, but among them, only 27 top 100 kilowatts. Compare our nation’s universities with Wal-Mart, and the numbers are pitiful. Wal-Mart has 18 large arrays in California alone, and it just ...
Start-Ups Rise to Push Solar on College Campuses
The Energy Collective —
Universities are on the cutting edge of solar energy research, but they’re surprisingly laggard when it comes to adopting it. Only nine campuses have installed systems producing more than 1 megawatt of electricity, and even those system are making only a tiny dent in their campus power supplies. The 1.2 MW system at the University of California San Diego, for one, generates less than 4% of campus energy use. Dozens of other campuses have smaller solar projects, but among them, only 27 top 100 kilowatts. Compare our nation’s universities with Wal-Mart, and the numbers are pitiful. Wal-Mart has 18 large arrays in California alone, and it just ...
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