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An employee installs a solar panel on the roof of a home in Los Angeles. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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

"This is potentially the beginning of what we'll see across America"

Oil rigs extract petroleum in the Los Angeles area community of Culver City.

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

Oil has occupied a central place in the American economy for the past centu...

Oil has occupied a central place in the American economy for the past century — powering houses, automobiles, factories and everything in between. As a result, the oil companies that drilled, shipped and sold black...

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, delivers remarks at the Unleashing American Energy event at the Department of Energy on June 29, 2017 in Washington, DC.

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

The Trump Administration has moved to dramatically cut funding for a Depart...

The Trump Administration has moved to dramatically cut funding for a Department of Energy program supporting research and development of clean energy technologies, the president's latest attempt to stall renewable energy sources like wind and...

Jim Lamon, CEO- DEPCOM Power, addresses utility customers, local officials and community members at the dedication of the 55 MW Idaho Solar plant.

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

Jim Lamon is the kind of businessman that Donald Trump would like. And Lamo...

Jim Lamon is the kind of businessman that Donald Trump would like. And Lamon is the kind of businessman who likes Trump. The CEO of Depcom Power grew up in Alabama, served in the Air...

Solar energy panels now dominate the site of Rancho Seco, a decommissioned nuclear power plant.

Solar and Wind Power Face Serious Threats From the Trump Administration

Less than a year into President Trump's time in office, clean energy develo...

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...

A solar facility on Navajo Nation land along the Arizona-Utah border.

A Moment of Reckoning for a Soaring Solar Industry

It was a feat of American ingenuity that created the world's first operatio...

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...

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America Should Stop Criminalizing Autistic Children

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