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Environment > Solar

09.25.08

Are some solar projects no longer ‘green’?

Conservationists worry that a plan for the Mojave desert will upset species’ habitats.

Reporter Ben Arnoldy discusses why solar power is not more prevalent on commercial buildings.

Reporter Ben Arnoldy

09.12.08

Home solar: What kind of system should you buy?

08.20.08

Germany’s key to green energy

Despite its damp climate, the country has become the global leader in wind and solar power through a pioneering law. Now, Congress is weighing a similar bill.

Correspondent Mariah Blake talks about a German law that enables anyone with a rooftop solar panel to sell energy at a healthy profit.

Correspondent Mariah Blake

03.27.08

Isle of Eigg a model of energy self-sufficiency

03.18.08

Solar energy trumps shade in California prosecution of tree owner

Contributor Douglas Fox talks about using solar power on a large scale.

Contributor Douglas Fox

01.22.08

Wind, solar tax credits to expire

Reporter Mark Clayton discusses advances the wind and solar power industries have made in the past year, and the important role of wind and solar tax credits, set to expire at the end of 2008.

Reporter Mark Clayton