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Above, Jimmy Carter holds a June 21, 1979 press conference in front of the White House’s then-new solar panels. Ronald Reagan quietly tore them down in 1986 during renovations. But thanks to the Obama administration, the White House now has solar panels on its roof again. We’ll see how long they last this time.


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