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 Stories About: Department of Energy AND education AND United States AND water pollution
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This Solar House
Students compete to build the house of the future |
Amanda Griscom |
30 Oct 2002 |
Powers That Be |
| At midnight one late-September evening, a convoy of 18-wheeler flatbed trucks carting 14 houses (some whole, some in parts) and thousands of square feet of solar panels rolled past the Washington Monument, drove along the National Mall, and headed up to the front lawn of the Capitol building. Upon arriving, the first truck in line barreled through a yellow ribbon held by members of a hooting and holl ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, education, United States, water pollution (all these topics) |
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