There is no room for complacency. The US is on track only to achieve between 66% and 75% of its 2030 emissions reduction goals, even with the IRA. Unless it does a 100% we are in danger of tipping the world over into climate chaos. But the picture is much brighter now than it was in 2015, or in the era of the odious Trump. We need to elect Democrats across the board if we’re going to make it. The task is too big for any institution but government, and the Republican Party’s platform is to fart out enough carbon to doom the planet.

Still, the incredible advances of solar power in the US this year, and the projections for next, are a source of optimism.

Source: 33 new Gigs of Solar: Top 7 Renewables Good News Stories in the US for 2023