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San Francisco: Exploratorium set to reopen at triple the size
The wait is almost over. The Exploratorium, which spent its first 44 years in a dim exhibit hall at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, will reopen Wednesday (April 17) in a new, light-filled home on the Embarcadero. The self-described 21st century...
Tags: Museums, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Arts and Culture, Arts, Science and Technology
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Honda and SolarCity offer a home discount for going green
Buy a new Honda Fit EV or Accord Plug-In Hybrid and get a big discount on a solar power installation at your home. Or don’t buy a new one; just prove you own a Honda generator or show up at a dealership with the paperwork for your rusting, 1970s-...
Tags: Passenger Cars, Ford Motor Co., Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Honda Motor Co.
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SunPower, solar stocks surge after Warren Buffett buys Calif. plants
Solar stocks were burning up Thursday, led by a 41% share price boom for SunPower, which this week said it sold a pair of massive Southern California solar power plants to a Warren Buffett company. San Jose-based SunPower said in a filing with the...
Tags: Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Energy, Renewable Energy
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McManus: Lies, damned lies and political advertising
The television commercial is designed to spark outrage. "Billions of taxpayer dollars spent on green energy went to jobs in foreign countries," it intones. "The Obama administration admitted the truth — that $2.3 billion of tax credits went...
Tags: Mexico, Charity, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Barack Obama
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Fastest-growing industries: Yoga studios, solar panels, hot sauce
Smartphones, burgers and oil wells may be big moneymakers, but they can’t compete when it comes to speed of expansion. The fastest-growing industries in the U.S. actually involve 3-D printers, solar panels, self-tanning products, Pilates and...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Skin Cancer, Consumers, Jay Leno
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Quechan tribe sues to stop Imperial Valley Solar Project
L.A. Times Tech BlogAnother day, another challenge to a massive desert solar proposal. This time, Tessera Solar's Imperial Valley Solar Project is in the hot seat. A Native American tribe is suing the federal government in an attempt to stop construction of the...... -
NRG Solar and SunPower to start building San Luis Obispo solar project next year
L.A. Times Tech BlogSan Bernardino and Riverside counties have gotten the bulk of the glory lately when it comes to proposed solar power projects -â see the BrightSource Ivanpah installation and the Solar Millennium Blythe plant -- but now it's San Luis Obispo's...... -
Solar panel manufacturing and disposal -- is it green and safe?
GreenspaceMajor solar companies aren’t just prioritizing market share and installed megawatts these days, according to a study that contends that the environmental and health effects of photovoltaic panels also are becoming a major consideration. In its... -
California renewable energy gets major boost in new law
GreenspaceGov. Jerry Brown signed into law Tuesday a mandate that 33% of electricity in California must come from renewable sources by 2020. Executives at solar, wind and other clean energy companies said the new regulations could help California reclaim its...... -
San Luis Obispo solar project to start construction next year
GreenspaceThis time next year, expect to see a large solar installation rising in San Luis Obispo, courtesy of NRG Solar and SunPower Corp. The 250-megawatt California Valley Solar Ranch will start producing enough power for 100,000 homes by 2013, the...... -
More sun power for Southern California Edison
Money & CompanySouthern California Edison has signed contracts with two firms for the construction and operation of seven solar power plants in the state, including one that the utility said would be among the largest single solar photovoltaic installations in the U.S..... -
California utility adds to its renewable portfolio
GreenspaceSouthern California Edison continues to add to its renewable-energy portfolio, announcing Monday that it signed contracts for more than 800 megawatts of electricity generated from solar photovoltaic plants being built in three California counties. The...
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