Republicans’ tax and policy bill could give China a bigger lead in the race to develop renewable energy technologies.

Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

Even though the fight to slow climate change—and to preserve our own health—is facing major political obstacles, there are ...

1979, the Carter administration installed 32 solar panels at the white house. Decades later one of those panels has made its way to Vermont, now sitting at the heart of NRG Systems headquarters in ...

He famously removed the 32 solar panels that Carter had placed atop the White House. He also halved SERI’s budget. Andrews, a recent hire, was among the first to go.

The need for alternative sources of energy and a desire for energy independence prompted President Jimmy Carter to install the first solar panels on the roof of the White House in 1979.

When Carter installed those solar panels in 1979, he wanted the nation to get 20% of its power from the sun by the year 2000. Many experts believe if we had done that, we'd be living on a much ...

Jimmy Carter’s White House solar panels are a symbol — not so much of a road not taken but of a road not taken fast enough in America.

In June 1979, President Jimmy Carter announces his new solar energy policy while standing in front of solar panels placed on West Wing roof of the White House. Glasshouse Images/Alamy Stock Photo ...

It was a novel idea at the time, but one that made sense: In 1979, President Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. They were removed just seven years later ...

Again, it was that year that the Reagan team quietly took down the Carter solar panels while resurfacing the White House roof. It always takes patience to bring a president’s true legacy into focus.