A couple of items distinguish Mayor Tom Bates’ office from the municipal run of the mill. Among the ceremonial tchotchkes exchanged with foreign mayors, there’s a large bottle of beer labeled AB 3601 and on the wall is a photo of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. The Zapata image might be more in keeping with a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Berkeley FIRST’
Berkeley abandons pioneering solar program
Two years after it unveiled a pioneering residential solar program, Berkeley has decided to close it down. Only thirteen property owners signed up for the BerkeleyFIRST pilot program, Judith Scherr reports in the East Bay Express, despite it being cited as a model for other cities, and even countries, and receiving glowing reviews in the media. [...]
The world’s energy research capital. Begins with B, ends with Y
OK, my headline might be stretching the point. But it might not. Look what is coalescing in Berkeley: Energy Biosciences Institute Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory University of California Energy Institute (ugliest website ever for a serious project) The Energy Institute at Haas (new this week) A bewildering array of energy research at Lawrence Berkeley [...]
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