Local Food Local Power by David Stearns What do organic vegetables, hormone free meats, and local solar power have in common? They’re all available at New Leaf Community Markets because New Leaf customers understand the importance of responsibly produced products. New...
Local Solar Power Economic Impact Report for 2013 By Nathaniel Allen It is easy to forget the importance of hiring local companies. As many people gravitate to big box retailers like Home Depot or national service companies like Comcast, we seem to forget small...
Solar Scaring Big Utilities by James Allen The explosion of solar is scaring big utilities like PG&E, and they are organizing to try to undermine distributed solar energy. However, California recently passed AB 327 to preserve Net Energy Metering (NEM) for all CA...
Solar Tipping Point Has Been Reached by James Allen Wow, 75% of U.S. solar installs were completed in the last 2.5 years! Solar is growing at an exponential rate and we’ve past the “tipping point”. There is no looking back and no stopping the...
New Solar Technology May Help Energy and Food Production By Nate Allen A team of UCSC Scientists is working to bring solar electricity to greenhouses and agricultural land. The idea is to use green and blue wavelengths of sunlight’s spectrum to produce electricity...
Climate Change and Obama by James Allen It finally happened! Obama put Environment on the agenda. This is a big deal for all of us who have been waiting…and waiting for Obama to step up with a real plan for addressing climate change. His Climate Action...