Solar Mosaic: This Is What Community Owned Energy Looks Like (Video)
A few months ago I profiled Solar Mosaic, an Oakland solar finance company that is connecting building owners with small change investors to fund solar installations. The model depends on small contributions to finance a big project that can pay off in a huge way. Everyone contributes and everyone benefits. Today Solar Mosaic announced its first site in Oakland that will benefit from its innovative peer-to-peer service--the Asian Resource Center (ARC). ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Apologies for the terrible Photoshop job... Image: Nissan's LEAF ad + Prius
And Now for Something on the Lighter Side of News...
Nissan might have trained polar bears in its ads (see below), but Toyota has wild bears in its hybrids. Unfortunately, it seems like the 

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