Obama Lobbied To Add Solar Panels To White House

Date: 09/02/2010 | Source: USA Today
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Source: Charles Dharapak, AP

A campaign to make the White House greener is intensifying as a group of environmentalists plan this month to give President Obama a solar panel that used to sit atop 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben says he’s joining a team from Unity College for a “Put Solar On It” road trip to Washington. The group, set to depart Unity, Maine, Sept. 7, will deliver a solar panel that President Jimmy Carter had installed on the White House in 1979 but was removed in 1986 and placed in storage. “We’re taking them back to the White House…” Click here to read more about this solar campaign for the White House!

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