Clean Energy in Houston (Blog 2)

Clean Energy in Houston by Ava Lairmore

 Houston's mayor has been putting in a lot of effort to turn to clean energy, because he understands that climate change is accelerating. 

"A Climate Action Plan launched last year stands at the center of Houston’s transition. The city has reduced municipal greenhouse gas emissions by 37% since 2005, and aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement."

 Renewable resources are being used in a lot of facilities in Houston, even though they face a lot of problems in doing so. There is a constant divide between them and the oil and gas industries. There are also issues of people just wanting to go the traditional route, and not accept that climate change is a large issue nowadays. Houston will have the largest solar farm in the country, which will be 240 acres: "
Once completed, Turner said the facility will generate enough energy to power 5,000 homes and offset an estimated 120 million pounds of carbon emissions every year."

 I think cities around the country should take a lot from Houston and their success from utilizing different types of energy, which create a better earth.

Houston will soon be home to the largest urban solar farm in the country - The Future Is Pretty Rad

Article: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/we-need-to-move-the-energy-sector-forward-houston-mayor-on-tackling-climate-change-130620589.html by Akiko Fujita

Comments

  1. Mason MitchellSeptember 23, 2021 at 3:20 PM

    Nice work I enjoyed reading this blog. I think its really interesting hat Houston is deciding to basically go all in on renewable enrages and they hope to complete run on renewable energy by 2050. I also think it sucks but it makes sense whey gas/and oil industries would want to push back against this because they’d end up losing money. However I hope that in the near future renewable Negev can become more accessible to the rest of our country and our world and gas/oil industries can somehow become ok with this change. Good job

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  2. Kayce MessnerSeptember 24, 2021 at 9:44 AM

    Hey Ava,
    I really enjoyed reading your blog! You did a great job stating the facts and told us what you thought about it. I would have to agree with you on how more cities and countries need to take Houston’s advice and be more eco friendly with all the renewable energy. Keep up the great work!

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