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ANALYSIS: Solar Is a Booming Renewable and Impending Eco-Disaster

June 17, 2023
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The proliferation of renewable energy sources, especially solar power, has increased significantly over the past years, but the issue of how to tackle solar waste is becoming a cause of concern both inside and outside America. The United States currently has an estimated 149.5 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity installed nationwide. In the first quarter…

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Biden’s Ban on Chinese Solar Is a Good Start; Here’s What Should Follow

August 6, 2021
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Commentary In the eight months since inauguration, the Biden administration has been hard at work frantically unraveling former President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies. Amid the flurry of executive fiats and new agency rules, President Joe Biden’s ban on solar panel materials from certain Chinese companies is the first move we’ve seen that doesn’t put…

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US Blocks Solar Components From Chinese Company in Crackdown on Forced Labor in Xinjiang

June 24, 2021
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The United States has banned imports of a key material to make solar panels from a Chinese company as part of a wider effort to protect U.S. supply chains from forced labor inflicted on ethnic Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang region, the White House announced on June 24. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued…

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