Can you fact-check “green” home products? – San Diego Union-Tribune

How do you know if an eco-friendly product or service is truly “green”? Are there ways to verify companies’ promises to save you money with their solar panels, bamboo flooring and cabinets? Jaimi Julian Thompson , a nationally known “green” interior …

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Con: Solar power in urban areas is far better – San Diego Union Tribune

Con: Solar power in urban areas is far better
San Diego Union Tribune
But rooftop solar can now compete effectively in price with any form of renewable energy, including wind. Solar panel prices have dropped by half over the
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Year in review: Big wind and solar farms get approvals, face critics – San Diego Union Tribune


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Year in review: Big wind and solar farms get approvals, face critics
San Diego Union Tribune
I'll put it in the comments below Facing a year-end deadline for federal stimulus subsidies, developers of big wind and solar farms in California's
Calico solar project sold to San Diego firmDesert Dispatch
The Alternative Agenda: Edison Cancels Tessera PPA; Chinese Co. to Develop Ill IBTimes
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Energy storage key to future of power grid – San Diego Union Tribune

Energy storage key to future of power grid
San Diego Union Tribune
For now, Avery sees their value in taking power off the grid at night, when more power is produced than needed because it's difficult to throttle back large

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SDG&E signs wind, solar contracts – San Diego Union Tribune


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SDG&E signs wind, solar contracts
San Diego Union Tribune
SDG&E already has a contract for 120 megawatts from that solar farm. The company also said it has agreed to 7.5 megawatts from a Tehachapi Pass wind farm.
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PUC votes to stop use of ‘renewable energy credits’ – San Diego Union Tribune


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PUC votes to stop use of 'renewable energy credits'
San Diego Union Tribune
The credits, used in 29 other states, are a way to account for the green benefits of solar or wind projects separately from the power they produce.
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PUC, shifting postion, blocks rule on renewable energyCapitol Weekly

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Solar showdown in remote California valley – Red Bluff Daily News

Solar showdown in remote California valley
Red Bluff Daily News
If approved, the measure would all but kill 19 large solar and wind farms proposed for the area. Feinstein said she wants no large-scale solar or wind
Green talk vs. green action / Feinstein's scuttling of solar, wind projects a San Diego Union Tribune
Californian "energysts" let downBiofuels Watch
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Senate Bill Could Block Solar & Wind Projects in California – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Senate Bill Could Block Solar & Wind Projects in California
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week introduced a bill that she says will improve the federal permitting process to advance large-scale wind and solar development on suitable lands.
Green talk vs. green action / Feinstein's scuttling of solar, wind projects a San Diego Union Tribune
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Solar panels in the desert; Jonah Goldberg on Obama's first year; Toyota's Los Angeles Times
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