Tag: states
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California’s rooftop solar program collides with equity concerns
SACRAMENTO — A pandemic-era backlash from California’s yawning wealth gap is taking aim at the state’s pioneering climate policies. The latest target: incentives such as rooftop solar panels. The generous rewards paid to those who is able to install them onto their roofs amount to subsidies for the wealthy, utilities and other critics of this…
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California is rushing to add solar power. Did recent blackouts just shade state’s green future?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain They sit on oceanfront property in Southern California, a fleet of aging gas-fired power plants that not only pollute the air but also kill sea lions and other marine life. They’re also capable of powering up to 2.8 million homes. Until now, these nine generating units were facing a shutdown by…
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A California hospital is running dangerously low on swabs for coronavirus testing, highlighting yet another obstacle the US is facing with testing during the outbreak
Associated Press The United States is facing a lack of swabs to test for the coronavirus news agencies reported. Swabs to test for your coronavirus must be a specific dimensions and be made of materials so they can test for the virus. Pros and health care workers have emphasized a variety of obstacles in managing…
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Trump failed to slash healthcare benefits for the poor when his Obamacare repeal effort collapsed — so now he’s trying to do it on his own
Reuters Trump is going to permit states to cap their spending on parts of Medicaid, a health insurance program for non profit Americans. The initiative permits states to convert portions of Medicaid to a network of block grants, probably back health benefits to all those insured. Congress rejected the notion throughout the Trump administration’s attempt…
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Tesla Begins Renting Solar Panels for as Little as $50 Per Month
Tesla has worked to bring down the cost of its electric Vehicles, however there’s just so much that you can do in order to make big panels cheap. Consumer attention could pique, although the company & rsquo; s installation company has shrunk in recent quarters. Consumers in many states can lease Tesla solar panel installations…