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Palm Desert releases details of energy loan program
The Desert Sun  (August 25,2008)
Palm Desert becomes one of the first cities to look at taking advantage of a new California law, AB 811. Residents and business owners can receive low interest loans for rooftop solar, and pay them back through the property tax system.

Think globally, generate locally 
Desert Protective Council  (July 30, 2008)
Larry Hogue cites the recent developments in thin film PV rooftop solar, and how preferable this technology is over Big Solar Thermal.

Subsidies Help Residents Go Solar 
Washington Post  (August 14, 2008)
Tax credits and grants aid Maryland residents in going solar with substantial cost savings, thus making residential solar energy more affordable.

Giant Retailers Look to Sun for Energy Savings 
The New York Times  (August 10, 2008)
The nation’s largest retailers receive generous federal incentives for rooftop solar which puts them at the forefront of large scale locally generated renewable energy.

Solar rooftops in Fontana 
The Press Enterprise  (March 27,2008)
More on Edison and "The Better Way". The Governator jumps onboard.

Edison going after spacious roofs 
The San Bernardino Sun  (August 23,2008)
Edison taking advantage of rooftops. Hey, that's our message! Will the Public Utilities Commission do the right thing?

Large Solar Energy Array Set for G.M. in Spain  The New York Times  (July 8, 2008)
Now this is what we're talking about, "The Better Way". U.S. companies are making it work in Spain, why not here?

Going Solar Goes Mainstream 
The Washington Post (August 16,2008)
Free hot water, free electricity,tax credits, and good looks too! This is the 21st century and it's happening now!

PV vs. Solar Thermal 
Business & Money  (July 2008)
Authors Lesser and Puga provide a comparative economic analysis that debunks concentrated solar thermal's (CST)claims to be less costly than photovoltaic (PV) solar technologies. Their analysis shows distributed PV generation is more cost effective especially when all CST's hidden life-cycle costs are exposed and compared to PV's.

Is Solar Power The New Hetch-Hetchy? / Desert Survivors Policy on Energy Development in the Desert Landscape / Large Solar Plants Versus Local Control   The Survivor  (Summer 2008)
Desert Survivors support and encourage development of comprehensive energy strategies based on local production/control, sustainability, reduced consumption, and non-destructive production.  We must stand up and speak out against the industrial models being pursued which are so damaging to our Earth and our societies.

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UTILITIES: The new local power plant just might be your house
Greenwire  (October 7, 2008)
The benefits of locally generated and distributed energy are explained in this very
comprehensive article. This is why we call it "The Better Way".

Cash for cache of solar energy?
The Desert Sun  (October 9, 2008)
California may finally look to the proven successes of distributed renewable energy in Germany, Spain, and Japan, and allow homeowners to be paid for the excess power they generate on their roofs. BRILLIANT!

US’s First Feed-In-Tariff For Solar Power Could Be Adopted by Gainesville, Florida  Treehugger   (October 17,2008)
Finally the value of agressive feed-in-tarriffs is being realized. AREP has always made this the cornerstone of our argument for "The Better Way".

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