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Should California make solar more expensive? Inside the climate justice battle

Parakeets and lovebirds were chirping in Marta Patricia Martinez’s frontyard as a crew of solar installers climbed onto her roof. It was a warm summer afternoon in Watts, a predominantly Latino and Black neighborhood in South Los Angeles. Low-income families faced the specter of punishingly high energy bills if they cranked up the air conditioning. …

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Nation’s environmental leaders urge Governor Newsom to save solar

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70 state and national environmental groups deliver letter to governor on key renewable energy resource SAN FRANCISCO – As the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) considers gutting the state’s bedrock solar program, a broad coalition of national and state environmental organizations delivered a letter Wednesday to CPUC commissioners and Gov. Gavin Newsom urging them to …

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ILI Group to develop 1.5GW pumped storage hydro project

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Published: 8 Feb 2022, 11:43 The pumped hydro facility will be located at Loch Awe, which is also home to Kilchurn Castle. Image: Simaron/Flickr. Clean energy developer ILI Group has begun the initial planning phase for a new pumped storage hydro project in Scotland. The Balliemeanoch project at Loch Awe, Dalmally in Argyll and Bute will …

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CPUC To Hold Remote Public Forums on Apple Valley Ranchos Water and Park Water Rate Increase Requests

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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold remote public forums to provide an opportunity for customers of Liberty Utilities’ Apple Valley Ranchos Water Corp. and Park Water Corp. to offer their perspective and input to the CPUC about the company’s rate requests, as follows: WHEN: Apple Valley Ranchos Water customers: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 …

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California might reduce financial benefits of rooftop solar systems

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Business at the small East Bay solar company owned by Ben Giustino’s family has been booming lately, buoyed by strong local demand for rooftop panels that use sunshine to generate electricity. The Berkeley company, A1 Sun Inc., has been growing steadily since Giustino’s father started it in 2007, and the past year has been its …

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Groups urge EPA and Army Corps to restore nation’s clean water protections

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Comments call on agencies to officially adopt robust protections under the Clean Water Act For Immediate Release. WASHINGTON – Environment America Research & Policy Center’s Clean Water Network delivered support from nearly 100 groups Monday to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers urging federal policymakers to officiallyrescind the Trump …

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Wight Community Energy awarded £59k to support renewable energy projects

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Published: 8 Feb 2022, 12:52 Wight Community Energy has a 3.95MW solar farm. Image: Wight Community Energy. Wight Community Energy has been awarded an additional £58,547 from independent trust Power to Change, to support further community-based renewable energy projects. It follows Power to Change providing £68,250 of funding in November 2020 to the community benefit …

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Solar PV under construction for NHS hospital on former Wolverhampton landfill site

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Published: 9 Feb 2022, 11:52 The solar is currently under construction on the former landfill site. Image: Pixabay Construction of a new solar farm is currently underway on a landfill site in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, with the site due to be operational by summer. The solar farm – which is to be built across 11 hectares …

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Statement: PIRG, Environment America welcome Coca-Cola’s commitment to reuse

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The beverage giant announced an industry-leading commitment to address plastic waste ATLANTA— The Coca-Cola Co., the world’s top plastic polluter according to a recent Global Brand Audit, announced on Thursday a new commitment to use refillable or returnable glass or plastic bottles – or refillable containers at fountains and dispensers – for at least 25% …

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New research shows the role rooftop solar could have played in preventing 2021 Texas power crisis

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A year after freeze, paper explores small-scale solar’s potential to improve grid resilience AUSTIN, Texas – On the anniversary of a deep freeze that debilitated Texas’ power system and caused at least 246 deaths, a new white paper from Environment America Research & Policy Center, Environment Texas Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group released …

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