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Recent News ArticlesWhat if the bottled water tax and repeal both pass?From Efficiency News - Sightline Daily. Published on Aug 31, 2010. What happens if measures to repeal Washington sales taxes on candy, soda, beer and bottled water and another that would use the bottled water tax to finance bonds to weatherize public schools both pass? A state spokesman says the repeal would take precedent over the bond-funding bottled water tax, leaving the school energy efficiency bonds without a funding source.PACE homeowners must pay up before refinancingFrom Efficiency News - Sightline Daily. Published on Aug 31, 2010. More doom-and-gloomery in the battle to save Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), a once-popular finance tool that helped homeowners cut energy waste and add rooftop solar panels: The mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac issued letters today saying that homeowners must pay off PACE assessments before refinancing their mortgages, if they have sufficient equity.Grades for car fuel economyFrom Efficiency News - Sightline Daily. Published on Aug 31, 2010. Cars with higher fuel economy and very low tailpipe emissions would get an A, while less-efficient cars could get a D.New stickers go beyond M.P.G. in rating carsFrom Efficiency News - Sightline Daily. Published on Aug 30, 2010. The Obama administration is planning the biggest change in three decades to the window stickers in new cars, including one that would assign letter grades for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions.'Expedited' green home finished, celebratedFrom Efficiency News - Sightline Daily. Published on Aug 27, 2010. The first home to go through the city of Bellingham's expedited permitting process for environmentally friendly homes is complete, and officials are holding an open house for contractors to learn about it.Document Actions |
