Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth
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Environmentalists are torn over the high cost of breaking reliance on fossil fuels. Industrial-scale solar development is well underway in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. The federal government has furnished more public property to this cause than it has for oil and gas exploration over the last decade — 21 million acres. In the fight against climate change, the Mojave Desert is about to take one for the team. "I have spent my entire career thinking of myself as an advocate on behalf of public lands and acting for their protection," said Johanna Wald, a veteran environmental...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 01:02:39 PM
Sanyo to close solar factory in California (subsidies have run out)
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Snips from excerpt website: Japanese solar company Sanyo plans to lay off about 140 employees in California, or about 40 percent of its manufacturing workforce in the United States, as it shifts its strategy in order to compete with large rivals, particularly those from China. The company, which is part of Panasonic, is buiding a large factory in Malaysia that will make wafers and turn them into solar cells and then panels. Panasonic plans to invest 45 billion yen (about $580 million) in the new factory. A fellow manufacturer in Japan, Sumco, announced Friday it would get out of the...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 01:02:39 PM
Global non-warming prompts reversals… Except here
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It seems much of the world is wising up to the Global Warming Alarmism that has driven so much foolish and costly taxation and regulation, subsidies and profiteering. Well, much but not all of the world. Here’s a quick overview, courtesy of the British Global Warming Policy Foundation: . . .
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 01:02:39 PM
U.S. Leans Toward Taxing Chinese Solar Panels
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The U.S. Department of Commerce hinted on Monday that American solar panel manufacturers might prevail in their case against subsidized Chinese imports. Led by SolarWorld of Hillsboro, a group of U.S. solar panel manufacturers have asked the federal government to add a 50 to 250 percent tariff to imported solar panels from China to make up for 30 Chinese government subsidy programs that artificially reduce the panel prices Chinese manufacturers can offer. Chinese-made solar panels already represent half the American market, according to this story in the New York Times.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 01:02:39 PM
Major x class solar flare
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Blogging from my phoneCheck WUWT Solar Reference PageUpdated: It was an X1.7 class eruption, it does not appear to be headed towards Earth. JTF
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 01:02:39 PM
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