Response to the green bills signed by Schwarzenegger

Here's what some of the media have to say about the legislation package signed on Friday:

• a big hit among green investors was his Million Solar Roofs plan. The idea was that a $2.9 billion incentive plan targeting homeowners and building owners who install solar-electric systems would make way for 1 million solar roofs in California by the year 2018. read more

• "With statewide snow levels 71 percent below normal this year, the effects of climate change are not a concept of the future, they're a reality of today," said Laird. "Water conservation is the quickest, cheapest way to manage our water supply and address the impact of population growth and global warming."

  The bill would set new water flush volume standards by making use of existing high-efficiency toilet technology, including 111 toilet models produced by 24 manufacturers and 34 models of urinals produced by nine manufacturers. read more

• California homeowners looking to install solar water heaters will now receive assistance from a statewide rebate program. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif., has signed legislation to spend $250 million over the next 10 years on rebates for solar water heaters. The bill's authors hope the rebates will lead to the installation of 200,000 systems, the Associated Press reports. read more here
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