August 13, 2010 This week's news is a bit California-centric, but it's been an exciting week for clean energy in California! The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has created a new interactive map highlighting California’s fast growing green economy. You can search the map by different types of green businesses – green buildings, energy generation, energy efficiency, transportation, green practices, academic/government/non-profit, and carbon markets. You can even filter your results by county, senate district, or assembly district. Check out the green economic growth in your district! Here’s SunRun: According to The New York Times , Southern California is poised to become the world’s solar power capital as Tessera Solar and BrightSource Energy Inc received their final environmental impact statements (EISs) from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for their solar plants, planned to be built in eastern San Bernardino County. These final EISs represent the removal of the last major regulatory hurdle to getting their solar plans off the ground.
