Tag: business
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New York Yankees Ready to Lead the League in Sustainability
Two weeks before the New York Yankees opened their 111th baseball season, as Derek Jeter and his teammates were in Florida finishing up their spring training schedule, the Yankee’s vice president of Stadium Operations, Doug Behar, was out in California, attending a spring training session of his own. Instead of exhibition games and batting practice,…
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Obama Supports Solar Energy With $15 Million
Under the president’s instruction, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provided funding to boost the country’s solar energy Thursday, while encouraging business leaders to deploy solar energy in their communities. As part of the Solar Summit at the White House, the DOE announced $15 million to help communities across the nation develop multi-year solar energy plans to…
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Meet the Governor Who Crippled His State’s Solar Energy Future
The future of solar energy in Maine was left in the hands of Gov. Paul LePage this month, but he decided to drop it. LePage vetoed L.D. 1252, a bill that would have helped create more than 1,250 new solar panel and hot water projects at homes and businesses across the state. Those additions would have come…
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Northern California County Produces 152 Percent More Solar Energy Than It Uses
California is known for being a leader in solar energy, but a small county in Northern California has taken things a step further. It has become the first county government in the state to not only zero-out its electric bill with renewable energy, but also to become grid positive. Yolo County (population 200,000), just west…
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Northern California County Produces 152 Percent More Solar Energy Than It Uses
California is known for being a leader in solar energy, but a small county in Northern California has taken things a step further. It has become the first county government in the state to not only zero-out its electric bill with renewable energy, but also to become grid positive. Yolo County (population 200,000), just west…