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	<title>Residential Solar Power Blog &#187; Solar Politics</title>
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		<title>Costa Rica Pledges Carbon Neutrality by 2021</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
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Costa Rica is already a green national leader, but now they&#8217;re looking to become the first carbon-neutral country in South America. The past generation of Costa Ricans protected 26% of their land mass as national park and recreation ground, their eco-tourism industry is worth $2 billion per year, and the country has the highest rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill and How it Affects Solar Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.&#8221;
That is the objective of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S.1733), introduced into the Senate by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA). It is the latest climate change legislation to come out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Sun, Three Worlds: How Solar Power Can Help the Developing World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Solar Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solar radiation is the lifeblood of the earth. Every day, the sun emits enough energy to sustain billions of plants and animals. Everything from the tiniest skin cell to the tallest mountain is dependent on its daily rise and fall, and the same sun rises in New York City as sets in New Delhi. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is China Making Any Real Progress in Solar Energy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Solar Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china solar power]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to argue that China is not making some definite progress in solar energy. China is the world&#8217;s leading solar cell and component manufacturer and has been in a head-to-head race with the United States to overtake Germany as the world&#8217;s leading solar market.

Himin Solar Energy Group Power Plant. Photo Credit: TradeVV
Any American shopper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could 2.5% Tariff on Imported Solar Panels Stunt U.S. Solar?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Solar Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A ruling by the New York U.S. Customs Office seems to have shaken up the solar industry.  The NY office deemed that because of a type of bypass diode, which allows energy to flow around cells that are shaded, the Chinese-manufactured PV panel technically classifies as a generator and is subject to an import [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How China Will (or Won&#8217;t) Curb its GHG Emissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Solar Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[China is now world leader in greenhouse gas emissions. Yet it&#8217;s also the world leader in clean-tech manufacturing, including the production of solar panels.  So we end up with a country boasting its bold leadership in the renewable energy industry, while simultaneously polluting more than any other country on Earth. This is the Chinese contradiction.
It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chinese Contradiction: Why the World Needs China to Get Its Story Straight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Solar Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese solar industry is poised for a second boom. With its stake in the solar manufacturing sector set in stone, China is now looking to rapidly expand domestic production of solar electricity. In August, the national government approved its Golden Sun subsidy program, through which it will cover 50 percent of initial costs for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger &#8220;Orders&#8221; New California RPS, Reaps Controversy</title>
		<link>http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/schwarzenegger-orders-new-california-rps-reaps-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/schwarzenegger-orders-new-california-rps-reaps-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Solar Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order (EO) last week that requires utilities to derive 33 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. It is one of the strongest renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in the nation, coming from our undisputed leader in clean energy generation. You&#8217;d think the RE industry, organizations and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Import Tariffs or Rampant Free Trade?</title>
		<link>http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/the-argument-for-solar-import-tariffs/</link>
		<comments>http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/the-argument-for-solar-import-tariffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Solar Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a positive outlook among solar industrialists and enthusiasts, the global economic recession is really hurting solar companies &#8211; a hurt that catalyzes an argument familiar here in the United States: cheap Chinese goods undercut domestic manufacturers. And it&#8217;s prompted Germany to speak out.

Photo Credit: mikebaird
Should we protect solar Germany or free up solar trade?
Conergy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debate Begins on Solar Power Regulation</title>
		<link>http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/the-debate-opens-on-solar-power-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/the-debate-opens-on-solar-power-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How are solar power providers regulated? Figuring that out is no simple task. Variations abound in everything from local permit fees to the legality of taxes on solar power produced or limitations on the producers. This big can of worms is spilling over into the Southwest and taking on a larger scale that could set [...]]]></description>
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