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Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Alabama Bar and Lounge owner receives eviction notice
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The owner of Alabama Bar and Lounge, Joseph Johnson, was given an eviction notice to leave in 10 days. Vigor High School seniors earn over $16 million in scholarships The bar has been the subject of controversy since a deadly shooting in February and outraged citizens speaking out at a county commission meeting in March. Johnson said despite the outrage, he's not going anywhere. It was a normal Tuesday afternoon for Joseph Johnson when he went to his bar to conduct regular business. He found an eviction notice taped to the door. 'There's no way I could be out of here in ten days and find another place,' Johnson said. 'There's no way. It's impossible. I have six months left on my lease until October, and that's how long I plan to stay.' Confused and frustrated, Johnson feels he is being targeted to close his bar down after a deadly shooting in February and complaints from residents to the county commission a month later. 'They're lies, and I have proof that they're lies,' he pressed. The eviction said Johnson breached several conditions in his lease including conduct that is 'notorious, offensive, destructive, and excessively loud….' He feels like he has to take the blame for things that he can't control. 'We can't change the character of people if your character is to go pull a gun on someone, how can we change that?' he questioned. 'How can I be responsible for that?' Even though Johnson said he plans to stay until the end of his lease, finding a new space to rent has been challenging. 'They ruined my reputation,' he pleaded. 'I can't rent a building anywhere right now. I've been trying. I've been turned down a dozen times because of this county commission meeting.' Parishioners gather for Stations of the Crosses service observed on Good Friday Johnson has since retained a lawyer and plans to fight the eviction. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
South China Morning Post
02-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Beijing's crackdown on solar panel oversupply ‘too little, too late': US advisory firm
Global solar panel prices are expected to remain low through much of 2025 as Beijing's actions to curb oversupply in the photovoltaic (PV) industry are 'too little, too late', according to a report. Advertisement 'Current measures lack sufficient substance to impact the already established online manufacturing capacity, which is the primary reason international PV module and input pricing remain so low,' said Joseph Johnson, associate director for market intelligence at US advisory firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA), in a report on Tuesday. The Chinese government recently said it would address industrial oversupply this year. In February, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would limit expansion of low-quality production capacity with policies to be unveiled later this year focused on technological development, industry standards and intellectual property rights. The announcement followed a series of measures from the government and industry bodies over the past six months. In December, a group of more than 30 leading solar PV manufacturers proposed limiting production and increasing market pricing. And in November, the MIIT introduced rules to raise investment and efficiency standards for domestic PV manufacturing. 'While efforts are likely to cool investments in new production capacity, this does not mean that a sharp market correction will be induced by the policy measures,' Johnson said. 'Instead, a gradual recovery in pricing is anticipated.' Advertisement In China, solar cells, modules, and polysilicon have seen moderate price increases since the beginning of the year, which is largely attributable to a rush of solar panel installations after the National Energy Administration issued a new policy covering distributed solar power generation in January. The policy applies to projects put into operation after May.
Bloomberg
02-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
China's Efforts to Curb Solar Glut Show Limited Impact, CEA Says
A raft of measures by the Chinese government and the nation's solar industry is yet to meaningfully reduce overcapacity, with the price of panels expected to remain low for most of 2025, according to a report. 'While efforts are likely to cool investments in new production capacity, this does not mean that a sharp market correction will be induced by the policy measures,' said Joseph Johnson, an associate director at consultancy Clean Energy Associates, which compiled the report.
