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Presidential candidates don’t have solar at home – here’s the difference they could make

John Fitzgerald Weaver Jun 27 2016 - 4:42 pm PT

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The 2016 US Presidential election is close – plenty of politics are swirling related to the solar power and renewable energy industries. Each of the candidates running for President have spoken specifically on solar power, with Clinton and Sanders expressly supporting significant growth. Sungevity has put together a fun tool that lets you tweet directly to your candidate the system size that Sungevity thinks would best fit on their residence. Raising awareness – one tweet at a time!
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Does a Carbon Tax make sense? Minnesota Judge suggests cost of carbon could be 10x more than previously thought

John Fitzgerald Weaver May 4 2016 - 11:13 am PT

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A judge in Minnesota suggested that the proper price of the greenhouse gas Carbon Dioxide should be between $11 and $57/ton, ten times larger than current Minnesota estimates. A judge in Washington State recently ruled that the threat of climate change is so urgent that the state must be placed on a court-ordered deadline to hold polluters accountable now. Politicians, Scientists and Economists are all seeming to focus on an Economics style solution to climate change. Are we on the cusp of energetic changes from a legal standpoint?

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Hillary Clinton promises half billion solar panels and 10 year goal to power US with renewables

Seth Weintraub Jul 27 2015 - 7:40 am PT

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We’re mostly going to stay away from politics but this ad is very specifically on solar and renewables and it will hopefully kick off a debate on the energy sector that we’ll see in the run up to the 2015 elections. The 10 year goal of moving US residences to renewables is a worthy 1st step. More from her campaign page