That said, this will be yet another wall that never gets built.
Fundamental market forces are at play.
Coal, oil, and gas are commodities whose prices fluctuate.
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(Last year, the United States addedthree times as much solar capacityas natural gas.)
Heat pumpsnow outsell gas furnacesin the U.S., due in part to government incentives.
Local utilities are also finding novel ways to use heat pumps.
Beyond being more efficient, green tech is simply cheaper to adopt.
Consider Texas, which long ago divorced its electrical grid from the national grid so it couldskirt federal regulation.
Thenext top three statesfor producing wind powerIowa, Oklahoma, and Kansasare red, too.
State regulators are also pressuring utilities to slash emissions, further driving the adoption of wind and solar power.
Evenelectric carsand electric school busescan provide backup powerfor the grid.
According to Atlas Public Policy, a research group, that could eventually create 160,000 jobs.
Before Bidens signature climate legislation passed, much more progress was happening at a state and local level.
Colorado, too, is aiming to slash emissionsby at least 90 percent by 2050.
It then sells those same cars in other states.
Even without federal funding, states regularly embark on their own large-scale projects to adapt to climate change.
you’ve got the option to help build some infrastructure that is more resilient.
It doesnt mean at all that climate action will stop.
Cities step to the fore.
Theres this resilience of having all these layers of partners.
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