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Solar News This Week - June 15, 2025

US Solar Cell Manufacturing Grows Despite Cloudy Days Ahead

The US doubled its solar cell manufacturing capacity and added 8.6 gigawatts in the first quarter of 2025, marking the third largest quarter for new solar manufacturing capacity on…

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Watching the Uprising from Afar

The images on TV news are misleading. They can’t be otherwise. TV news seeks out the most dramatic visuals, and those are likely to be small fires and burning vehicles, police cars damaged, and riot-clad police.

These are images associated…

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Ohio lawmakers once again ambush the citizen ballot initiative process

This article first appeared on Ohio Capitol Journal

In August 2023, Ohio voters sent a clear message when they overwhelmingly rejected the legislature’s blatant attempt to undermine our citizen-initiative process. But instead of listening,…

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Ohio Senate passes budget containing slate of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks

This article first appeared on the Buckeye Flame.

The Ohio Senate has passed their version of the state’s two-year budget and left intact all of the anti-LGBTQ+ provisions passed by the House. 

The version that the Senate passed…

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