This story is a part of the ongoing Back 40 series, where HCN reporters look at national trends and their impacts close to home. At a picnic table in a dry grass field, a group of elementary school ...

How do solar panels work? – Nathan, age 5, Melbourne, Australia. The Sun produces a lot of energy called solar energy. Australia gets 20,000 times more energy from the Sun each day than we do from oil ...

New York City is putting solar panels on 72 public school rooftops, the city’s largest solar project to date, energy management and education officials announced Tuesday. The majority of installations ...

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