US falls behind on solar power

For the past five years, growth in solar and wind power has increased by 30% per year. Yet the Bush Administration's energy policy has failed to respond to this opportunity.

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October 27, 2004, 9:00 AM PDT

By Michael Dudley

"The high price of oil, the threat of global warming, the mandate to develop markets that will spur domestic job growth: all these factors call out for leadership that would push the development of new sources of energy, that would encourage the growth of markets that could literally save the world."

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Thanks to Michael Dudley

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