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America now has more solar energy workers than coal miners
2013-04-26 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Some might dismiss the solar energy industry because its still very small compared to the oil & gas industry. But to paraphrase a famous Canadian hockey player, we need to skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. Indeed, solar is still in its infancy, but its growing quickly thanks to ever falling prices brought on by technological improvements and economies of scale. For the first time ever last month, new solar power capacity represented 100 percent of new energy on the...
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