One important point that’s not obvious from this article: U.S. pollution from fossil fuels isn’t actually decreasing.
From what I understand (and please correct me if I’m wrong), overall energy demand in the U.S. continues to grow year over year. Most of the additional energy needed is now being supplied by renewables.
So while we’re adding less new pollution—because the new energy is cleaner—we’re still producing the same amount of fossil fuel pollution as before.
The baseline pollution hasn’t gone down; we’ve just slowed the rate at which it increases.
From what I understand (and please correct me if I’m wrong), overall energy demand in the U.S. continues to grow year over year. Most of the additional energy needed is now being supplied by renewables.
So while we’re adding less new pollution—because the new energy is cleaner—we’re still producing the same amount of fossil fuel pollution as before.
The baseline pollution hasn’t gone down; we’ve just slowed the rate at which it increases.