The Millenium Development Goals, agreed to by every member country of the United Nations in 2000, call for the worldwide eradication of poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality and huge improvements in health by 2015: two years ago!!
Can we do this without making the planet warmer?
Let's think big and imagine how we can confront the climate crisis in a way that is realistic about the other major problems that we face as a planet and as a species on it.
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Clean Energy Investment Tax Credit Extended
In January of 2021 congress passed a two year extension of the solar energy investment tax credit. The impact of this extension is expected to be in the range of $1B to the solar energy industry. The ITC extension is applicable to utility scale markets as well as commercial and residential installations. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the American Clean Power Association (ACP) were key influencers of this legislation.
The extension of the ITC will affect not only jobs and the economy, but have a significant environmental impact. Based on the estimated amount of additional solar installations, a key environmental benefit will be the offset of 100 million metric tons of CO2 emissions. In additional the solar industry could generate enough electricity to power 19 million homes.