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How Ronald Reagan Turned Out the Lights on Solar Power

In an excerpt from his new book Let It Shine, John Perlin reveals how one of the first actions of the new Reagan administration was to dim the lights on what had been a promising start for an American solar energy program. Solar in the U.S. has yet to fully recover.

John Perlin

Environment

Environmentalism? Perhaps. Environmentalists? Ewww!

Canadian researchers report people hold negative views of political and social activists, and their unwillingness to associate with such people dampens the likelihood of changing their behavior.

Tom Jacobs

Environment

Now Is the Time to Protect and Nurture Our Urban Commons

In urban areas, where over four-fifths of Americans reside, how do we define the commons? Streets, parks and plazas, libraries, schools, waterways, public transportation, courthouses? How about the places that give a community its identity, and knit us together?

Kaid Benfield

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Solar Has Been in Our Energy Portfolio for 6 Millennia

In an excerpt from John Perlin’s new book, Let It Shine: The 6,000 Year Story of Solar Energy, the solar guru explains how making use of the sun's energy is anything but a new technology.

John Perlin