Shackelford: Crisis makes case for renewables

Shackelford: Crisis makes case for renewables

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House and introduced an ambitious solar strategy to Congress. This came on the heels of the oil shocks of the 1970s caused first by the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Arab states and then the Iranian Revolution — both Middle East crises that reverberated across the globe due to the region’s central role in energy markets. Read more...