Earlier this week, 6 of the world’s largest banks called for strong climate change policies on the same day that the Governor of the Bank of England had a similar speech about the risk climate change poses on the banking system. As Hurricane Joaquin barrels down on the East Coast (and hopefully will miss and not become Superstorm Joaquin), 10 of the largest food companies are calling for climate change policies. Writing a press release is nice, even cute, but if they really want to do something about it, spend money and lobbyists. The ITC extension and net metering battles mean the difference between a cute solar market and a market that is allowed to compete in a free market. Allocate 0.1% of profits for a single year and the impact would be tremendous. If they don’t know where to put the money, there are plenty of solar advocacy groups that would be happy to steer them in the right direction.
- Think Progress: Food Industry To Congress – We Need You To Act On Climate Change
- CNN: East Coast on alert for powerful Hurricane Joaquin’s turn north
- PV-Magazine: Austin, Texas to procure up to 300 MW of solar now, another 300 MW later
- Seeking Alpha: Conditions Are Ripe For A Solar Stock Market Turnaround
- Utility Dive: SolarCity maintains 34% residential solar market share in 1H 2015
- Greentech Media: NextEra on Storage – ‘Post 2020, There May Never Be Another Peaker Built in the US’
- Grist: What do Republicans think about clean energy?
- Bloomberg: Seeds of Instability Seen in Modi’s Push for Solar Boom in India
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Have a great day!
Yann