February 08

• US House Okay’s Bill To Tax Big Oil, Help Renewables

• The Best Government Money Can Buy
• ENERGY SUMMIT: ABU DHABI PLEDGES $15 BILLION FOR RENEWABLES 

• Moving Renewable Energy from the 'Green Ghetto' to Mainstream America

• New Solar Alliance Aims to Accelerate U.S. Solar Policies 
• Ultra Thin Solar Modules to Make 2008 Debut in Germany

• TAKE ACTION: LET YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE KNOW YOU WANT A NATIONAL RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD 
• New Jersey Becomes Third State with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law

• PV Costs to Decrease 40% by 2010 

The solar industry is poised for a rapid decline in costs that will make it a mainstream power option in the next few years, according to a new assessment by the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., and the Prometheus Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 
• ASK CONGRESS TO SUPPORT AN EIGHT-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE SOLAR AND FUEL CELL TAX CREDITS!  

• NextEnergy Study Shows Alternative Energy Investments Create Jobs, Strengthen Economy
• Solar Cells: The New Light Fantastic
• Solar Photovoltaic Breakthrough Taps Infrared Light

• U.S. DOE to Invest in Cellulose-to-Ethanol Projects

• Cheap solar power poised to undercut oil and gas by half
• Solar Industry Starts Major Push for US Solar Market Legislation - Send a message to congress from here. 

• American Solar Energy Society Releases Landmark Report - Tackling Climate Change in the U.S.: Potential Carbon Emissions Reductions from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 2030 
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