“Graffiti Starter Kits” Stir Up Controversy – NBC Los Angeles

“They’re not gonna take this starter kit home and paint their bedroom or paint the front of their house. They’re gonna come out and do the community like they do here.” Aaron Brothers executives said the program is designed to encourage artistic expression.

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One Block Off the Grid expands with solar leasing – Los Angeles Times

The group solar buying system,  A single Block Off the Grid , announced this week that it will start offering leases for solar panel installations in addition to outright purchases. Targeting property owners who want to go solar to generate their own …

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Grand dream loses sheen in glare of daylight – Los Angeles Times


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Grand dream loses sheen in glare of daylight
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By generating solar, wind and geothermal power, the district would supply all its electricity needs. Not only would the nine colleges sever ties to the grid, saving millions of dollars a year, they would make money by selling surplus power.

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Mountain View Mobile Home Park goes green with Marmol Radziner Prefab – Los Angeles Times

Mountain View Mobile Home Park goes green with Marmol Radziner Prefab
Los Angeles Times
The first prefab home arrived last month. Two more were delivered Tuesday. All 20 of the homes will be installed by the end of March, officials said, and residents will be moved in by April. "For prefab to really work as a concept and as a business,

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Pro Portfolio: Belles Townhomes, LEED platinum housing in San Francisco’s Presidio – Los Angeles Times

The town homes are also GreenPoint rated with a score of 158 … Each town home has Forest Stewardship Council -certified wood flooring, radiant heat and photovoltaic panels. Patios at ground level overlook the shared central green, and a terrace sits …
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Consumer Electronics Show: Housebroken wind turbines from Urban Green Energy – Los Angeles Times

Consumer Electronics Show: Housebroken wind turbines from Urban Green Energy
Los Angeles Times
The turbines can apparently be joined up to existing solar power infrastructure. And another product form the company –- the Sanya -– is a hybrid wind- and

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Treasury grant program for renewable energy projects extended by Congress – Los Angeles Times


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Treasury grant program for renewable energy projects extended by Congress
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The measure, which covers up to 30% of the cost of solar, wind and other alternative energy installations, was considered a key buffer for the industry
Obama OKs tax credits for ethanol, solar power, home energy upgradesUSA Today
Company Results: Solar Shines On While Wind Blows Hot & ColdRenewableEnergyWorld.com
Solar Stock Winners: Tax Cut Now OfficialTheStreet.com
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From Voyager 1 comes cutting-edge science on solar wind – Los Angeles Times


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From Voyager 1 comes cutting-edge science on solar wind
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More than three decades after the spacecraft launched, it sends data from the edge of the solar system proving theorists wrong: Solar wind does not curtail
Voyager 1 spacecraft entering 'heliopause,' leaving solar wind behindChristian Science Monitor
NASA nearing edge of Solar SystemHindustan Times
Voyager 1 News: Probe Now Crossing Where a Mighty Wind Ceases to BlowNational Geographic (blog)
TechNewsWorld -AHN | All Headline News -Long Island Press
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Renewable-energy program has chance of extension – Los Angeles Times


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Renewable-energy program has chance of extension
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Federal grant money supported more than two-thirds of solar and wind projects in construction this year. (Al Seib, Los Angeles Times / December 15,
Federal Money for Alternative Energy Is Drying UpNew York Times
Ohio House Approve Bill Supporting Wind and Solar Power Manufacturing Plain Dealer
Climate Funds Move Beyond Wind, SolarWall Street Journal
MorungExpress -istockAnalyst.com (press release) -Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
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