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Miasole Raising $200M, $1.2B Valuation?: VentureWire reports that the thin film solar company is looking to raise between $200 and $220 million, at a valuation of $1.2 billion. That’s a little more than half of what Nanosolar was reported to be valued at. — VentureWire via VentureBeat.

Hawaii Says New Homes Must Have Solar Water Heaters: A bill mandating solar water heaters for new homes starting in 2010 was signed into law by Republican Governor Linda Lingle this week — EcoGeek.

Solar Rebates For All!: Like the rebate program that San Francisco just enacted, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would offer rebates for half of the cost of solar installation. — TreeHugger.

Massachusetts Hearts Cleantech: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill into law which calls for millions of investment in cleantech and more cleanpower from utilities — Greentech Media.

Texas Governor’s Ethanol Waiver Request, Follows Handout From Poultry Biz: From the Houston Chronicle, “Gov. Rick Perry’s request for a waiver of federal corn-based ethanol production mandates was prompted by a March meeting he had with East Texas poultry producer Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim, who six days later gave $100,000 to the Republican Governors Association chaired by Perry.” Poultry producers fear ethanol production is driving up the price of corn as a poultry feedstock — Houston Chronicle.

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