Month: May 2009

Vermont’s feed-in tariff legislation became law at the end of business on May 27, 2009.

Reprinted from Grist – May 29,2009 H. 446 is the first legislation calling for a full system of advanced renewable tariffs in the US to pass the legislature and become… Read more »

Good Bill/Bad Bill – Why so many good bills fail to become law.

The latest causality of this past Florida legislative session is Senate Bill 2080. SB 2080 was introduced by Sen. Carey Baker, Eustis, and Sen. J.D. Alexander of Winter Haven. This… Read more »

Orange County Convention Center Goes Solar – Florida

The Orange County Convention Center was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the state of Florida to be used to install a one-megawatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The largest… Read more »

Green Cities Conference – May 20 & 21, 2009

How do we move beyond legislation and implement sustainability. This May, there will be a conference in Orlando called Green Cities. It’s the first step. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui1MX-4jSmk&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]