California
California Residents Get $1500 for Solar Water Heaters
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California approves a $1500 rebate for anyone who wants to install a solar thermal water heater, which can take a big bite out of your fuel bills.
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Trucking Interests and the Petroleum Industry are teaming up to file a lawsuit to stop the State of California's mandate to reduce petroleum use 20 percent by 2020.
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Calfornia Mandates 50% Reduction in Television Energy Use by 2013
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Again paving the way for the rest of the nation, California mandates that all televisions sold in the state must cut their electric use in half in just three years.
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Solar Company Offers Panels for No Money Down
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In order to take away some of the sticker shock of installing Solar Panels, Solar City has announced a leasing program that will allow you to add solar panels to your home for no money down
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Ex-Gang Members Installing Solar Panels?
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Hey if you live in Los Angeles and you're looking to have solar panels installed then consider Homeboy Industries
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Californian Wildfires Visible From Space
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Fires that have burned over 64,000 square miles can be seen from satellites orbiting the Earth
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Californian Cats May Be Canaries
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Chemist Arlene Blum lost her cat Midnight to a hyperthyroid disease that was once rare in felines. A veterinarian found the highest levels of PBDEs (a flame retardant chemical) documented before in animal research in Midnight's blood. Is fire protection killing us and our pets?
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Californians Chock Full of Flame Retardants
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A study shows that chemicals called PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers)added to make furniture more flame resistant are winding up in blood streams of people who live in California at levels twice the national average
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Governator Pushing for Restarting California's Water Bank
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With forecasts bleak for any increase in the supply of water to meet Californian demands, Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to move forward water storage and exchange programs in the state
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