By Austyn Gaffney 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 ...

Nearly 40 years after President Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the White House's roof, he watched nearly 4,000 of them go up in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, in 2017. The panels were ...

Praise for Carter's deployment of hot water solar panels ignores, among other things, his promotion of coal and synthetic ...

Amid the energy crisis of the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter hoped to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

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.

Alas, they did not, so Carter’s White House solar panels today are also a symbol; not so much of a road not taken but of a road not taken fast enough in America. By the way, Carter was also ...

The president’s executive orders don't single out solar energy, but his freeze on climate spending could affect the industry ...

In the renewable energy arena, Jimmy Carter is perhaps best known for having solar panels installed on the roof of the White ...

Politics 2024-12-31T17:21:59Z Jimmy Carter was the first president to install White House solar panels, then Ronald Reagan removed them. Here's what happened. Amid the energy crisis of the 1970s ...

And it’s not just his White House solar panels. Former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100. History hasn't been especially kind to ...

Nearly 40 years after President Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the White House's roof, he watched nearly 4,000 of them go up in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, in 2017. The panels were ...

Among the many causes Carter championed was renewable energy, which led him to install solar panels on the White House in 1979. His successor, President Ronald Reagan, did not share Carter's ...