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Obama Isnt Killing Power Plants. The Sun Is
2014-06-04 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: President Barack Obama released this week his much-anticipated regulations for controlling carbon emissions. Opponents are claiming the new rules are so onerous they will imperil the electric utility industry. Actually, it`s a little too late for that; solar power got there first. The U.S. has barely begun to deploy solar panels for electricity. Even California gets only 1.3 percent of its electrons from the sun. Yet that modest start has upended the fundamental driver of utility profits--the...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical