Former U.S President Jimmy Carter was considered to be ahead of his time on issues surrounding climate change, exemplified by his installation of solar panels on the rooftop of the White House in ...

The White House itself once harvested the power of the sun. On June 20, 1979, the Carter administration installed 32 panels designed to harvest the sun's rays and use them to heat water. Here is ...

The White House will announce plans to return solar panels by next spring, returning to an energy source first promoted by former President Jimmy Carter.

The solar components, converters and the labor to install the panels were all domestic, the White House said, declining to name any of the companies involved in the project. “Being at the White ...

Environmental activists cheered the White House's embrace of solar energy. "Better late than never - in truth, no one should ever have taken down the panels Jimmy Carter put on the roof way back ...

"Solar panels at the White House are a really important message that solar is here, we are doing it, we can do a lot more," Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a video released by the White House.

While President Obama is away on vacation, the White House is getting a new addition. Solar panels. Construction workers are busy this week putting the panels in place, the first such installation ...

WASHINGTON -- Last October, the Obama administration announced plans to install solar panels on the roof of the White House by the spring of this year, returning the power of the sun to the ...

Last fall, after a persistent campaign by enviros, the Obama administration agreed to install solar panels on the roof of the White House. In response to the request from 350.org, Energy Secretary ...

Solar panels were originally installed at the White House in 1979 following several oil crises. The OPEC oil embargo of 1973 created a severe gasoline ...

Jimmy Carter had a series of solar panels installed on the White House. Sometime during the next eight years, they came down and never went back up. Environmental activist Bill McKibben wants them ...

After nearly three years, the White House began installing solar panels on the First Family's residence this week, a White House official confirmed Thursday. The Obama administration had pledged ...