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European Regions Declare Themselves GM-Free

Europe's largest grassroots environmental network is utilizing Earth Day to launch a new campaign demanding better legal protection for areas that want to ban genetically modified (GM) crops. Friends of the Earth Europe says initiatives to ban GM crops are now underway in at least 22 European countries inhabited by tens of millions of people. The campaign is intended to increase pressure on the European Commission, who in January admitted that it would "be difficult to reject these attempts at establishing GM-free zones, which are driven by strong public local concern and economic considerations."On such consideration is the protection of local traditional agriculture. Actions taken so far range from regions introducing local laws to ban cultivation, to public authorities lobbying both Europe and national governments for legal protection. Friends of the Earth Europe's GMO Coordinator Geert Ritsema said, "Local people, politicians and businesses are demanding the right to stay GM free. This is the beginning of an unstoppable movement that governments and European institutions would be stupid to ignore." "The public says no to GM foods and the only way to prevent the contamination of both our crops and countryside is to ban the cultivation of GM seeds." The number […]

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World Bank Funding More Dams

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Evergreen Solar Doubles Manufacturing Capacity

Sales Growth and Lower Costs to Lead to Improved Financial Performance Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR), a developer, marketer, and manufacturer of photovoltaic products, announced that during 2003 it has doubled its manufacturing capacity. The factory now has an installed capacity of 6 MW per year. Evergreen further reported the factory has achieved a 4.5 MW run rate. The Company has sold the full output of its factory to date and continues to see greater demand for its products. Evergreen Solar, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets solar power products that provide reliable and environmentally clean electric power throughout the world. Solar power systems are used for residential, commercial, and industrial applications, including remote homes, water pumping, telecommunications, lighting, and rural electrification, as well as for electric utility customers choosing to generate their own environmentally clean "green" power. Evergreen's proprietary and patented manufacturing processes aim to reduce raw material usage and simplify process steps, to lower costs and improve products. Website: [sorry this link is no longer available]     

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California Requests Bids for 4 MW of PV

In celebration of Earth Day, the Department of General Services and the California Power Authority released a Request for Proposals for the California State Facility Solar Power Purchase Program. The State of California is initiating a process to enable agencies and educational institutions implement cost effective, on-site solar electricity projects. The request for proprosals is for 4 MW of private-party-owned on-site solar electric systems (e.g. photovoltaic or other decentralized solar technology) to be installed in, on, or around a number of specified State facilities. Successful bidders will be invited to sign long-term power purchase agreements with host State sites that will pay for the solar output on a cents/kWh basis. The State of California believes this approach will provide the solar industry the flexibility and creativity necessary to achieve the lowest overall price for increasing the State's use of solar energy. Request for Proposals are due by 17 June 2004. A pre-bid conference, optional attendence, will be held at 9:30 AM, 29 April 2004 at the DGS-Ground Floor Auditorium, 707 3rd Street West Sacramento, CA 95605. No phone calls please. Submit questions by email or fax: (916) 651-9595.

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