Climate Solutions
FIRST EVER GLOBAL SOLAR REPORT CARD POINTS WAY FOR OBAMA'S NEW ECONOMY
Dec 2, 2008 – Poznan, Poland/Los Angeles, CA – Global Green USA, on behalf of President Gorbachev's Green Cross International (GCI), released the first-of-its-kind Global Solar Report Card at the opening of the International Climate Conference in Poland. The report card can be found here.
The report spotlights countries that have designed the most promising policy frameworks for solar marketplace development and compares 16 countries' (and California's) efforts to incentivize the manufacture and deployment of solar power.
"The U.S.' C+ grade confirms that President-Elect Obama has ample opportunity to invest more in solar power today and begin shifting energy subsidies from dirty fossil fuels to clean solar technologies," said Matt Petersen, head of Global Green and chairman of GCI's energy program. "Solar power has incredible potential to deliver substantial amounts of clean electricity while reducing electricity bills and creating new, green jobs in manufacturing and solar installation."
GLOBAL GREEN PRESENTS INITIAL SOLAR REPORT CARD AT SOLAR POWER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Inadequate Global Investment in Solar Technology Impedes Ability to Combat Climate Change and Provide Sustainable Energy Future
Final Grades and Full Report to be Released in Advance of The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Posnan
San Diego, CA - October 14, 2008 - Global Green USA President Matt Petersen unveiled the organization’s first annual Global Solar Report Card at the Solar Power International Conference in San Diego. The first of its kind report compares the solar energy policies of 14 countries and the state of California.
“Solar power has a tremendous potential to deliver substantial amounts of clean electricity while creating new jobs in manufacturing and solar installation,” said Matt Petersen. “Solar power will only become competitive once government incentives and policies help advance the market—something that could easily be achieved by eliminating subsidies for polluting oil and gas and investing them in solar.”
LANDMARK GREEN BUILDINGS BILL PASSES FIRST HURDLE
First in the Nation Zero Energy Measure Would Dramatically Reduce Carbon Emissions from California Homes
Los Angeles, CA - April 15, 2008 - Yesterday the California Assembly Natural Resources Committee passed AB 2112, the Residential Buildings Zero Net Energy Bill. The bill, sponsored by Global Green USA and authored by Lori Saldaña (D- San Diego) will require all new residential buildings to be net zero energy by the year 2020.
