Unity College acquired the panels in 1991 after they were removed from the White House, and they were used to heat water at ...

The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates.

“President Carter was four decades ahead of his time,” said Manish Bapna, who leads the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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

The former president, who has died aged 100, famously installed thermal solar panels on the roof of the White House in 1979.

President Carter had a visionary understanding of the climate change crisis ahead, which only grows more profound with each passing year.

The U.S. response to the threat was an "all of the above" energy approach that began under Presidents Richard Nixon and ...

Extraordinary visionary” President Jimmy Carter leaves an environment and climate legacy from Plains to the White House ...

Not all of Carter's forgotten wins have to do with energy. Carter signed many deregulation bills, which targeted airlines, ...

Jan. 5—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.

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.