Clinton’s first climate change policy pitch – for renewables to provide 33% of the nation’s electricity by 2027 – is bold,but the US must notice beyond solar for a clean energy revolutionOn Sunday, Hillary Clinton took a first swing at the many-headed carbon hydra. By the finish of her first term, and she said,the US would have seven times more solar energy capacity than it does nowadays. And by 2027, renewable energy would supply a third of the nation’s electricity.
Clinton’s announcement, or which the campaign said would be the first of many on climate change from the presidential hopeful,extends the carbon-saving ambition in a meaningful sector of the economy. Burning fossil fuels for electricity accounts for 31% of US greenhouse gas emissions. One estimate found Clinton’s 33% renewable target could slice another 4% off the US’s existing pledge to cut emissions by 26-28% by 2025.
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Source: theguardian.com