An anonymous reader writes: A law approved in France Thursday now requires all new rooftops in commercial zones to be covered in plants or solar panels. “Green roofs have an isolating effect, helping reduce the amount of energy needed to heat a building in winter and cool it in summer. They also retain rainwater, thus helping reduce problems with runoff, while favoring biodiversity and giving birds a place to nest in the urban jungle, ecologists say.” The law was actually watered down from its original version — businesses only have to cover part of their roof.
In other solar power news, reader SpzToid notes that despite earlier worries, the European power grid handled the solar eclipse just fine
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