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Solar now employs more people in the US than coal and natural gas

Andrew Topf | April 02, 2017 | 3:59 pm Energy Coal 

Solar power, once derided as an expensive and unreliable energy source, has become a major generator of employment in the United States, according to new data supplied by The Solar Foundation. In its most recent annual report, Solar Jobs Census 2016,...

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