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California's Requirement for Residential Solar Panels Could Transform the U.S. Energy Industry

By Justin Worland

Even Oil Companies Are Now Saying Climate Change Will Hurt Their Business

By Justin Worland

This Clean Energy Research Has Been a Bipartisan Priority for Decades. Donald Trump Wants to Cut It by 72%

By Justin Worland

A Coal Executive Switched to Building Solar Plants. Now He's Worried Trump Will Hurt His Business

By Justin Worland
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Solar and Wind Power Face Serious Threats From the Trump Administration

Less than a year into President Trump's time in office, clean energy developers face a slew of unanticipated threats from the White House and Republicans in Congress that could slow the industry's growth in ways...

By Justin Worland

A Moment of Reckoning for a Soaring Solar Industry

It was a feat of American ingenuity that created the world's first operational solar panel in the mid--20th century at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. The U.S. maintained its pace-setting role in the development of...

By Justin Worland

How China Floated to the Top in Solar

How China Floated to the Top in Solar A boat navigates the Huainan solar farm. The world's largest floating solar farm   By CHARLIE CAMPBELL | Photographs by KEVIN FRAYER—Getty Images When Sang Dajie had...

America Should Stop Criminalizing Autistic Children

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By The Aspen Institute

Former Trump Aide Says Wind and Solar Research Will Be Cut

A former top aide on energy issues for President Trump's transition speculated that the Administration will cut research funding for wind and solar power and redirect money to fossil fuels. Energy lobbyist Mike McKenna, who...

By Justin Worland / Charleston, W.V.

It's Important to Bridge The Urban-Rural Divide

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By The Aspen Institute

Robert Redford: Solar Power Must Continue to Be Affordable

There are not many things the vast majority of Americans agree on. The election certainly reminded us of this fact. In an increasingly divided country, it is becoming harder and harder to find common ground,...

By Robert Redford

Donald Trump Promises Oil and Gas Industry Big

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continued his effort to woo the oil and gas industry in a speech Thursday with a promise to slash regulations and cut taxes. The speech, delivered before the Shale Insight...

By Justin Worland

Exploring the Upside of Distress

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By The Aspen Institute

Why You Should Delay Your Retirement

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By The Aspen Institute

How Hurricanes Help Fight Climate Change

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By The Aspen Institute

What Saudi Arabia's Bet on Solar Power Means

It's a sign the oil-rich nation is serious about change

By Gov. Bill Richardson

A Surprising Flaw in Driverless Cars

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By The Aspen Institute

The Danger of Police in Schools

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By The Aspen Institute

The Case for Swapping Hydro Power for Solar

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By The Aspen Institute

The World's First Entirely Solar-Powered Airport Is Unveiled

Over the next 25 years, the new power system is expected to save 300,000 tons of carbon emissions, the equivalent of planting three million trees

By Alissa Greenberg
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