How much is too much for a gallon of gas?

By Alison Hawkes

07/01/2011

Gas prices have fallen, but it’s still might pricey to tank up this Fourth of July holiday. How much would you pay for a gallon of gas?

PG&E plans for ‘smart grid’

By Alison Hawkes

07/01/2011

Northern California’s largest utility submitted $2 billion plans outlining a 20-year roll out of smart grid technologies.

East Bay wants to attract, keep clean tech

By Alison Hawkes

06/30/2011

East Bay communities are focusing on how to entice clean tech companies to stay with streamlined permitted and group purchasing of solar power.

Calif. carbon trading to proceed

By Alison Hawkes

06/30/2011

A lawsuit by environmental justice advocates still hangs over California’s cap-and-trade program, but a court says it can proceed.

Beaches getting more polluted

By Alison Hawkes

06/30/2011

Eleven percent of California beaches had elevated levels of bacterial contamination, the largest amount in five years.

San Francisco named greenest city

By Alison Hawkes

06/30/2011

Mandatory composting and recycling, energy efficient building standards, clean air and public transit earned SF top awards.

Zero-waste lunch a growing movement

By Alison Hawkes

06/29/2011

Efforts to reduce the amount of packaging in lunches has sparked aspirations for a “zero-waste lunch.”

San Francisco’s ‘big dig’ on Central Subway to begin this year

By Alison Hawkes

06/29/2011

Contract was awarded to begin construction on a new subway line that will connect Chinatown to South of Market.

California expands solar power tax incentives

By Alison Hawkes

06/29/2011

Freestanding structures and sale-leaseback arrangements will pass less in taxes for the solar power they install.

What we have in common with the 49ers: Rain in June

By Alison Hawkes

06/28/2011

Sigh. Another rainy day … and it’s almost July?! The Bay Area is experiencing a record-breaking rainy June, the likes of which was last seen in 1849 during the Gold Rush.

California expands solar power tax incentives

06/29/2011

By Alison Hawkes

It may be a brutal budget this year, but California Gov. Jerry Brown just signed a bill that expands tax incentives for solar power projects. The bill, introduced by San Mateo Assembly member Jerry Hill, allows solar power systems sold in sale-leaseback arrangements to be excluded from tax rate reassessment. Also excluded from tax reassessment are solar systems on freestanding structures like parking lot canopies. [ Read more-San Francisco Business Times].

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