Feds designate "Solar American Cities".

Over the past 2 years, the U.S. Dept of Energy has designated cities as "Solar American Cities". These cities recieve millions of dollars for solar initiatives.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s 25 “Solar America Cities” include:
Ann Arbor, Austin, Berkeley, Boston, Denver, Houston, Knoxville, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans, NYC, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Calif., Seattle and Tucson.

We, everGREEN landscape architects, find it discouraging that Los Angeles and Phoenix - two of the lagging sustainable cities with enormous populations, forward-thinking universities (CalTech) and limitless sunny days are not included. Maybe the Obama Administration will remedy this gross oversight...

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