Green Economics (News)
Richmond's Ford Assembly Plant wins national historic preservation award
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06/21/2008The old Ford assembly plant on Richmond's waterfront survived the end of its car-assembling years, a major earthquake, water damage, vandals and multiple proposals for its demolition to witness a rebirth that has now captured national acclaim.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded the building one of 15 National Preservation Honor Awards. Winners will be lauded at a conference Oct. 23.
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Solar grants sweeten San Francisco for start-ups
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06/12/2008Aggressive plans to expand renewable energy in San Francisco moved ahead Tuesday as the city's lawmakers approved grants to help homeowners, businesses, and nonprofits add solar panels to their buildings. Solar power companies are gearing up to meet an anticipated jump in demand in the city.
Over the next decade, between $3,000 to $6,000 will be available to each homeowner to cover the installation of solar panels, as well as $10,000 for businesses and nonprofits, and $30,000 for nonprofit affordable housing.
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Richmond looks at updating regulations as interest from biofuel developers grows
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06/10/2008More developers are calling Richmond City Hall to inquire about opening a biofuel facility, prompting city planners to start updating regulations that were passed before alternative fuels began gaining momentum.
The biofuel industry has evolved so fast that city laws have not kept pace. Those laws, adopted in 1997, do not specify where such facilities should go, what they should look like and how they should operate.
"Things are happening so quickly in this field that it's kind of run out ahead of the regulations," Planning and Building Director Richard Mitchell told the City Council.
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Local Labor Unions Voice Support for Richmond Refinery Renewal Project
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05/09/2008Press Release on Business Wires:
Bay Area businesses may pay fee for emissions
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04/20/2008San Francisco -- Thousands of Bay Area businesses - from boutique hotels to mammoth oil refineries - are poised to pay some of the nation's first fees tied to greenhouse gas emissions under a plan proposed by regional air pollution regulators.
Richmond Chemical Spill Taking Toll On Area Fauna
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Greening away poverty
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04/30/2008If green is the new black, eco-populism is the new environmentalism
Turning blue collars green
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04/20/2008Edgar Perez fits a hose from a truck containing used vegetable grease into a ceiling-high tank holding methanol and sodium hydroxide. His timing in releasing the hose's content is key to whether the mixture will produce bio-diesel fuel to power fleets of "green" trucks and buses.
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Transit towns a step to cut carbon footprint
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04/18/2008Four years later, she's thrilled with something else: the luxury of living near a BART station, close by a downtown that includes a weekly farmers' market.
"I hardly ever drive," Ligibel said. "I love it, absolutely love it."
