White House plans rooftop solar panel initiative for inner-city neighbourhoods

The White House wants to cut bills and fight climate change by installing 300 megawatts of solar power in subsidised housing by 2020

The White House said it would move to put more solar panels on rooftops in poor, inner-city neighbourhoods to cut electricity bills and fight climate change.

The plan, to be unveiled on Tuesday in Baltimore, follows dozens of new initiatives rolled out by the White House since the start of the year to signal Barack Obama's commitment to act on climate change - even in the face of Republican opposition.