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Marilyn BrownMarilyn Brown, Regents Professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems, was quoted in, "How Georgians Might Reach New U.S. Target for 50% Carbon Cut," published May 20, 2021, in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The article focused on options for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the state, and the implications of meeting the 50% emission reduction goal by 2030.
Excerpt:
Making the cuts “is difficult but doable,” said Marilyn Brown, a Georgia Tech professor of sustainable systems who helped analyze options in Georgia to possibly reach the target. “It’s an all-hands-on-board kind of approach we are taking.”
Brown, the Georgia Tech professor, said the governor should immediately pull together a commission to look at the options for how to best cut carbon in Georgia.
She said options include expanding solar power, eliminating caps on how many people can receive full credit for surplus solar power they generate and sell to Georgia Power, and reducing barriers that keep manufacturers from producing electricity using waste heat.
Individuals can make shifts at home, she said, including composting, having a more plant-rich diet, spending less time in gas-powered cars, shifting home energy use to when demand is lower and cleaner generation technology is in use, and installing solar panels.
