Press Mention WABE September 11, 2022
SACE Quoted
Georgia doesn't want climate targets — but it does want green jobs
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Georgia is attracting major clean energy manufacturing investments including Hyundai's electric vehicle plant, Rivian's EV facility, and solar manufacturers, despite lacking state-level climate targets or emissions reduction goals. Stan Cross of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy argues that Georgia could strengthen its clean energy economy further by implementing policies to support electric vehicle adoption and charging infrastructure deployment. The article explores the disconnect between red states' climate policy ambitions and their aggressive pursuit of clean technology manufacturing jobs.
What we're seeing nationwide is that the states that set the conditions to really support the adoption of electric transportation, and that are aggressively working as a state but also with their investor-owned utilities to deploy charging infrastructure at scale, is where the market is strongest
Stan Cross
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