Obama Says No to Installing Solar Panels on the White House [View All]

[Nathanael]

To the disappointment of environmental activists, the Obama administration has declined to put solar panels on the White House roof.

The organization 350.org, founded by Bill McKibben, has led a campaign to have Barack Obama re-install a set of solar panels which were originally installed on the White House by Jimmy Carter in 1979. The panels are obviously outdated but, according to the campaign, would serve as a symbol of the U.S. government's commitment to a new energy future.

The movement to install solar power on the White House stretched beyond installing symbolic panels. Sungevity, a California-based solar company, has offered to install leading-edge solar panels on the White House for free.

Link: http://www.energyboom.com/solar/obama-says-no-installing-solar-panels-white-house