Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 8/11/2026 Crops grown beneath elevated solar arrays. US Tribes get bison. How extreme heat is costing us sleep. And more....
Solar American Farmers Slid Solar Panels Over 62,000 Acres Of Farmland, And The Biggest Payoff Had Almost Nothing To Do With Electricity Research from the University of Arizona found that crops grown beneath elevated solar arrays often yielded as much or more than those in full sun while using significantly less water.
Solar Energy What Happens To Solar Panels At The End Of Their Lifespan? While solar panels are almost entirely recyclable, up to 90% make the inevitable trip to a landfill because it's less expensive to dump them rather than recycle.
Solar Energy Solar Power Could Come at Expense of Wildlife “In our transition to renewable energy, we cannot sacrifice biodiversity and habitat. There is tension here, and we need to be mindful of it and plan better for it."
News BLM Releases Plan to Develop Solar on 31 Million Acres of Western Land The Bureau of Land Management announced its proposed roadmap for solar energy development on public lands, designed to expand solar projects on public lands
