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Expert: 'Power Shortage' Threat Overblown in Southern California

April 23, 2013 2:14 PM

The Grid:

Despite reports in the press that the continuing outage of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant will cause "Enron-style" power shortages throughout Southern California this sumer, one expert on the electrical grid says such fears are exaggerated.

ReWire

Dust Pollution Halts Solar Project

April 22, 2013 3:50 PM

by Chris Clarke

Photovoltaic (PV):

Solar advocates like to joke that while oil spills ruin the environment, solar spills are otherwise known as "nice days." But a "spill" from a solar project being built in the desert portion of Los Angeles County may actually have caused significant problems, including personal injury.

ReWire

California Carbon Credits Will Soon Be Good In Quebec

April 22, 2013 1:50 PM

by Chris Clarke

Climate Change:

Greenhouse gas emission allowances acquired as part of California's cap and trade auction program can soon be traded along with those issued under a similar program in Canada.

ReWire

Solar Project Could Have Significant Effect on Desert Views

April 15, 2013 3:10 PM

by Chris Clarke

Concentrating Solar:

The proposed Palen Solar Electric Generating System east of Desert Center could be visible from as far away as the Mojave National Preserve, Mount San Jacinto and the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, according to preliminary calculations by ReWire.

ReWire

Barbara Boxer Blasts San Onofre Nuclear Restart Proposal

April 12, 2013 3:00 PM

by Chris Clarke

Nuclear :

Senator Barbara Boxer has slammed a preliminary ruling by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission backing a Southern California Edison (SCE) proposal to restart the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station along the San Diego Coast. The Senator has called for a full investigation into the structural flaws that led to both remaining units of the ailing plant being shut down last year.

ReWire

Rooftop Stickers: Peel-and-Stick Solar 'Panels' May Be On Horizon

April 12, 2013 9:00 AM

by Chris Clarke

Photovoltaic (PV):

If a Korean team's research work holds up in the real world, we can look forward to even cheaper photovoltaic cells that can be applied in plenty of places where currently available PV panels aren't practical -- for example, on large flat roofs that weren't built with heavy solar mounting brackets in mind.

Confluence

Bugs, Coyotes, and Lions on the L.A. River: Fact or Fiction?

April 10, 2013 6:00 PM

by Alvaro Parra

LA River:

In this review we go over a list of L.A. River sightings and events, and ask you to be the judge, critically assessing whether this river happening is fact or fiction.

ReWire

REI Exec Sally Jewell Confirmed as Interior Secretary

April 10, 2013 4:31 PM

by Chris Clarke

Government:

Jewell will inherit an Interior Department with a much sharper focus on aggressive energy development than the one her predecessor took on.

ReWire

Are Utility Companies Doomed?

April 10, 2013 1:51 PM

by Chris Clarke

Commentary:

A report by a leading utility trade association says that rooftop solar could spell doom for utilities, and recommends that power companies push for a clampdown on energy democracy.

The Back Forty

Forest Service Gets to Keep Pine Tree Logo, But Controversy Points to Larger Problem

April 10, 2013 11:20 AM

by Char Miller

Golden Green:

The Forest Service's pine tree logo is now safe from the USDA's rebranding effort. Its historic emblem should never have been attacked.

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