Solar workers from the San Diego area left for Los Angeles to take part in a rally protesting the latest California Public Utilities Commission proposal that would tax rooftop solar customers and reduce compensation for clean energy, which employees believe will threaten thousands of jobs.
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Farmers Want to Create San Diego s Carbon Dumps
The county committed to being carbon-neutral by 2035 but it will have to create many projects to capture carbon to hit that goal. Farmers could help – but only if the rules change to make it easier.
Bea Alvarez pierced the Pauma Valley earth with the metallic bit of her cylindrical soil tester.
She’s been tracking the amount of carbon her farm retains if she adds compost and rarely tills the land. Tilling exposes carbon from dead plants to oxygen in the air, creating carbon dioxide, which is the planet’s most troublesome climate-changing gas.