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## Solar Power


* ![A SolarCity Installation As Earnings Figures Are Released](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe164306b03edd3f/69892fd4929fad0222bf07dc/solar-power-gettyimages-488647703.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 10, 2018  
## [California's Requirement for Residential Solar Panels Could Transform the U.S. Energy Industry](https://time.com/5272843/california-solar-panel/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![oil drilling climate change](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef0e9d7e07e55f71/69892936096a9439586a1a95/oil-drilling-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 1, 2018  
## [Even Oil Companies Are Now Saying Climate Change Will Hurt Their Business](https://time.com/5178262/climate-change-oil-companies-future/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Energy Department in Washington, D.C.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd1d663e8f123977/6988fa39db2987b52225e97f/donald-trump-clean-energy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 1, 2018  
## [This Clean Energy Research Has Been a Bipartisan Priority for Decades. Donald Trump Wants to Cut It by 72%](https://time.com/5128572/donald-trump-clean-energy-research/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![Jim Lamon, CEO- DEPCOM Power, addresses utility customers, local officials and community members at the dedication of the 55 MW Idaho Solar plant.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60c89f8aedb1166b/6988f76d096a94e8c76a103a/idaho-solar-dedication.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 11, 2018  
## [A Coal Executive Switched to Building Solar Plants. Now He's Worried Trump Will Hurt His Business](https://time.com/5084108/solar-energy-tariff/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![solar panels california](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e5adfe27af231c6/6988f419db2987802025dfd1/solar-panels-california.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 8, 2017  
## [Solar and Wind Power Face Serious Threats From the Trump Administration](https://time.com/5049849/solar-power-wind-power-trump-coal/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Justin Worland  
* ![A solar facility on Navajo Nation land along the Arizona-Utah border](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf60c7f6cdf08199a/6988ddaf22fb850d04e22d4e/moment-reckoning-soaring-solar-industry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 14, 2017  
## [A Moment of Reckoning for a Soaring Solar Industry](https://time.com/4941016/moment-of-reckoning-for-soaring-solar-industry/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 15, 2017  
## [America Should Stop Criminalizing Autistic Children](https://time.com/4819833/america-should-stop-criminalizing-autistic-children/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Windmills On Grassy Field Against Sky](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt145df04647764e0b/6988bbdabc6cfcff233e049d/windmill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 24, 2017  
## [Former Trump Aide Says Wind and Solar Research Will Be Cut](https://time.com/4681719/donald-trump-renewable-energy-research-funding/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 30, 2017  
## [It's Important to Bridge The Urban-Rural Divide](https://time.com/4653449/trump-executive-order-urban-rural/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 5, 2016  
## [Robert Redford: Solar Power Must Continue to Be Affordable](https://time.com/4590837/robert-redford-solar-power-must-continue-to-be-affordable/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Robert Redford  
* ![Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, speaks during the Marcellus Shale Coalition conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fbbfc13f0c695a9/6988a727bc6cfc48d33deac4/donald-trump-gas.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 22, 2016  
## [Donald Trump Promises Oil and Gas Industry Big](https://time.com/4504617/donald-trump-oil-gas-environment/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 8, 2016  
## [Exploring the Upside of Distress](https://time.com/4361216/exploring-the-upside-of-distress/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 9, 2016  
## [Why You Should Delay Your Retirement](https://time.com/4322693/retirement-delay-live-longer/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 3, 2016  
## [How Hurricanes Help Fight Climate Change](https://time.com/4316295/hurricanes-climate-change/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico, in an interview on Jan.13, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97cdfbf8b62283be/6988916d196cf4593903b6d6/bill-richardson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 3, 2016  
## [What Saudi Arabia's Bet on Solar Power Means](https://time.com/4314182/saudi-arabia-solar-power/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Gov. Bill Richardson

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