Category Archives: Legislation

Bag the bag

Though I hadn’t planned it out this way, this turns out to be the week for non-solar related Good (aka “sick”) News.  On Monday, the  Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to ban most stores from handing out single-use … Continue reading →

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Cocktails and Fist-Pumping: California’s Ballot Battle

“The fight over Proposition 23, the California ballot initiative that would suspend the state’s landmark global warming law, has spawned some unusual political alliances. Mainstream environmentalists, venture capitalists, labor unions, tech chieftains and even some Republicans have all made common … Continue reading →

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The buck stopped WHERE?

Today’s post opens with a couple of clichés:  Time flies and yet, the more things change, the more they stay the same.  It’s already been a year and a half since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka “the stimulus … Continue reading →

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Another reason to hate Prop 23

 Our good friends at Vote Solar just let us in on a not-so-wonderful little news flash:  If Prop 23 (which is on the ballot in California this November) passes, the state’s renewable energy mandate will drop from a respectable … Continue reading →

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Hate Dirty Energy?

Here at Sungevity , we try to stay on the sunny side.  But there’s nothing positive to say about Prop 23, a cynical Texas oil company attempt to overturn California’s landmark clean energy/climate change legislation. Texas oil refiners Valero and Tesoro … Continue reading →

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