As the state’s solar rebate program draws to a close, a local solar power installer is offering San Diegans a new incentive option, and will be holding a series of seminars detailing its program through Oct. 31. 

A bill that could prohibit restaurants from using Styrofoam takeout containers is stalled in the California Assembly, but it likely will be brought up for debate before the end of summer. 

Through a new campaign launched April 22, which was by no mere coincidence also Earth Day, the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce double-downed its efforts, calling for businesses, cities and individuals across the nation to pledge support for “socially-responsible business.” 

CUMMING, Ga. -- The government wants you to install solar panels at your house, and will even give you a tax break to do it. But your neighbors? Maybe not. 

On Arbor Day, the NewSchool of Architecture and Design will hold its inaugural Day of Service event with a beautification and preservation field trip at the San Diego River Park in Mission Valley. 

More than a dozen businesses had their recycling efforts validated when the city of San Diego held its 20th edition of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Awards Friday at the San Diego Zoo. 

As November’s general election creates numerous possibilities for policy change both in San Diego and across the country, a group of executives from companies and groups involved in the expansion of solar energy systems discussed the state of their economies at a Daily Transcript roundtable. 

In the aftermath of the summer bankruptcy of the government-backed California solar panel maker Solyndra, expectations among renewable energy wonks, who describe the company’s failure as an outlier among many successes, remain generally high. But some policy research analysts are more skeptical — not doubtful, but still skeptical. 

When entering San Diego's business community about 30 years ago, Clint Walker’s aim had nothing to do with being in the solar business. His success as the co-founder and president of Southwestern Solar Systems since his entrance to the business in 2009 came about in much the same fashion his other major endeavors have. 

When Cecilia Aguillon, director of marketing and government relations for Kyocera Solar Inc., immigrated to the United States from El Salvador as a teen, she grew into a young adult with a lofty goal in mind: to save the world. 

Some people look at buildings and see a combination of wood, steel and mortar with a number of things inside to make them more comfortable and workable — lighting, computers and maybe a few windows, even if they can't be opened.