Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Imagine losing your income for months, relying on unemployment to pay your bills, only to now find out you have to pay all the money you received back, plus penalties for taking it in the first place.

It could be serious payback time for solar energy following the publication of a study which claims that by replacing silicon panels with perovskite ones, solar panels could get an awful lot cheaper.