Article: Palm Desert, California Celebrates Passage of Energy Independence Act.

Sponsors unprecedented state bill allowing cities to provide low-interest loans to residents making energy-saving improvements to homes or businesses; strengthens citywide commitment to solar energy

PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Already an innovator in its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, the city of Palm Desert last week got one step closer to realizing its goal of reducing citywide energy consumption by 30 percent before 2011. Governor Schwarzenegger last week signed Assembly Bill 811 into law as an "urgency measure," for the first time allowing city governments throughout California to provide loans to property owners planning home or business improvements that will ...

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