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Landmark solar bill in Hawaii

Posted on June 26, 2008

By Adam BrowningHawai'i is highly dependent on imported oil for its electricity needs -- I've heard Jeff Mikaluna, Director of the Hawai'i chapter of the Sierra Club, quip that the state is one supertanker accident away from becoming Amish. Which makes this press release great news:Every new home to have solar Landmark Solar Roofs law -- the first of its type in the nation -- escapes veto list Honolulu -- Hawai'i will become the first state in the nation to make solar water heaters compulsory in almost all new homes. The measure, SB 644, was not listed among the 52 bills considered ...

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