GoGardenNews - Items of gardening and ecological interest — solar power

CNBC reports, "The growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation’s growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon emissions and mitigate climate change.

"But at the same time, these burgeoning renewable energy industries will soon generate tons of waste as millions of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, wind turbines and lithium-ion EV batteries reach the end of their respective lifecycles."

According to the Washington Free Beacon, "The green energy industry is scrambling as Congress pushes forward with legislation that would impose costly tariffs on Chinese solar panels, a move that industry leaders say would cripple their business given their overwhelming reliance on cheap Chinese suppliers. "

TechnologyReview.com ran an article a couple of years ago, but it's worth reviewing again. "Plummeting sunny day solar prices are undermining the economic case to build more solar farms – and putting climate goals at risk."