SOLAR
Industry's future lies in lightweight technology
Now that solar energy is competitive with fossil fuels for making low-cost electricity, has it peaked in the United States?
John Fialka
Reporter
John was the founding editor of Climatewire. He's now a reporter working on special projects, based in Denver, Colo. He's a former reporter with The Wall Street Journal, where he covered a wide variety of issues for the Washington bureau. He also served abroad as the lead reporter for the Journal in the first Gulf War and in the London bureau, during the waning days of the Cold War. He has written four books and is the co-founder of SOAR!, a group that has raised more than $10 million to help retired Catholic sisters and brothers.
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WILDFIRES
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FLORIDA
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GEOENGINEERING
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EMISSIONS
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