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• Nov. 9 Open Thread: Hey...You Want to Write For Calitics? Edition

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 156
  Original Author:  Open Thread Hey, so as you may have noticed, Calitics is a bit slow these days. With David Dayen leaving us for FireDogLake, and others of us just being busy, we havent had as much content on Calitics as wed like.  So, wed like to invite others to join us. Its ...
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• PG&E CEO on Climate Legislation: Let’s Get On With It

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 534
  PG&E CEO Peter Darber, appearing on CNN this morning in a piece about the Chamber of Commerce, commented on his reasoning for supporting clean energy legislation. “Sooner or later there will be controls on carbon,” he said. “The point I make is the sooner you start to work on a big problem, the less ...
  5 days ago

• Senate Finance Committee Climate Hearing Features Questionable Witnesses

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 534
  Elana Schor has the details on Tuesday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing . She writes: The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, part of the AFL-CIO, is testifying and did support the House climate bill that passed earlier this year. Another witness comes from Pacific Gas & Electric, a utility ...
  5 days ago

• Reporter's Notes: Getting Paid to Go Solar

  
  QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED — Authority: 124
  To go solar or not to go solar? Homeowners looking to save money on their energy bills have a number of factor to consider. Its easy to get excited about installing solar panels on your house – particularly when you find out that state and federal rebates can cut the price almost in half. But, as weve ...
  6 days ago

• Senate Finance Committee to Hold Hearing Tuesday on Climate Legislation

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 534
  The hearing will be Tuesday November 10th at 10am. Via the Senate Finance Committee Website , here are the witnesses: Mr. Abraham Breehey, Director, Legislative Affairs, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Department of Government Affairs, Fairfax, VA Ms. ...
  6 days ago

• Climate Changes

  
  NEXT100 — Authority: 423
  By: Kory Raftery Several stories on the science and politics of global warming caught our attention this week: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it supports most of the principles outlined in a bipartisan climate change bill sponsored by Senators John Kerry (D., Mass.) and Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.). In a letter ...
  6 days ago

• Cold Shoulder for Smart Grid Stimulus Actually a Vote of Confidence, Says PG&E

  
  Earth2Tech — Authority: 663
  Two major California utilities – Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison — were noticeably absent from the $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus grants announced last week , despite both being widely recognized as leaders in the adoption of technologies to upgrade their networks. “More money ...
  6 days ago

• Cold Shoulder for Smart Grid Stimulus Actually a Vote of Confidence, Says PG&E

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 161
  Two major California utilities – Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison — were noticeably absent from the $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus grants announced last week, despite both being widely recognized as leaders in the adoption of technologies to upgrade their networks. “More money ...
  6 days ago

• Solar shakeup: Ausra sells power plant to First Solar

  
  Green Wombat — Authority: 418
  photo: Ausra Silicon Valley solar company Ausra has sold its sole remaining solar power plant project in the United States, all but completing its exit from solar farming. As I write Thursday in The New York Times: Ausra is continuing its exit from the business of building solar power plants, announcing on ...
  1 week ago

• Smart Grid: The View from North America

  
  NEXT100 — Authority: 423
  By: Jonathan Marshall With billions of dollars now flowing into the "smart grid" market--from utilities, venture capitalist and now the Department of Energy --its no wonder more than 400 people showed up today for a conference at PG&E on " The Networked Grid ." Organized by GreenTechMedia , noted for ...
  1 week ago

• First Solar Buys Ausra Solar Project; PG&E Power Purchase Deal Is Off

  
  Earth2Tech — Authority: 663
  Ausra, the solar thermal startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and Khosla Ventures, said today it is selling its Carrizo Energy Solar Farm project, a proposed 177MW project still under development, to industry giant First Solar. Sale of the project, which is in San Luis Obispo, Calif., represents part of a major strategy ...
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• Cap and Trade Will Raise Gas Prices 13 Cents a Gallon

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  Oil companies aren’t exactly thrilled when it comes to the proposed cap-and-trade system of selling carbon credits the federal government has proposed, claiming that it will just cost way, way too much money to buy the credits, demand for gas would go down, and business would be ruined. But wait, you might say. Why ...
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• The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Is Hurting U.S. Competitiveness

  
  Andrew Winston — Authority: 103
  What do Exelon, Pacific Gas & Electric, PNM Resources, Apple, and Nike all have in common? In the last month they all dropped out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the groups stance on climate-change legislation. Sadly, the Chambers COO told the Wall Street Journal that these defections will not change ...
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• Snowflakes! Once Again, Christmas Comes Early to San Francisco’s Market Street

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 509
  Remember the past summer, when we had lighted Christmas holiday snowflake decorations on Market Street burning the midnight oil  for weeks on end? Well, they’re back on, baby, or at least four of them anyway, confusing tourists once again. Thusly: “Why do they have Christmas lights on in October?” Good ...
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• New front opens in the West’s solar water wars

  
  Green Wombat — Authority: 418
  photo: Todd Woody California utility PG&E on Monday announced two new Big Solar deals that will likely to ramp up the debate over solar thermal power plants’ thirst for water in the desert Southwest. As I write in The New York Times: The West’s water wars are likely to intensify with Pacific Gas and ...
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• PG&E Expands Net Metering, California Solar Producers Jump For Joy

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 625
  Solar advocates in California say that a recent move by Pacific Gas & Electric to expand net metering will encourage adoption of more rooftop solar.Earlier this week Governor Schwarzenegger convinced PG&E to up the amount of net metering allowed in its territory from 2.5 percent of peak demand to 3.5 percent, ...
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• Go Solar!

  
  NEXT100 — Authority: 423
  By: Jonathan Marshall Nearly 34,000 PG&E customers had grid-connected solar power installations by the end of September--64 percent of the total for Californias investor-owned utilities (IOUs), according to the latest progress report from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Together, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Winners and Losers in the Smart Grid Stimulus Funds

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 161
  The $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus fund awards were announced this morning and close to 100 recipients woke up today to the equivalent of Christmas morning. At the same time, another 300 or so utilities and cities missed the boat and will have to find their own funds to get their smart grid projects [...]
  2 weeks ago

• The Winners and Losers in the Smart Grid Stimulus Funds

  
  Earth2Tech — Authority: 663
  The $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus fund awards were announced this morning and close to 100 recipients woke up today to the equivalent of Christmas morning. At the same time, another 300 or so utilities and cities missed the boat and will have to find their own funds to get their smart grid projects rolling. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chamber CEO: Climate Change Flap Is Working Out Great For Us

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue is trying to spin the flap over his lobby groups stance on global warming in his favor -- but he wont even admit that climate change is real. "Is the science right? Is science not right? I dont know," Donohue said during a seventy-five minute sit-down with business-friendly ...
  2 weeks ago

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