06/11/2026
Somebody has probably asked you this one: if you build solar for a living, is it really any cleaner than burning fossil fuels?
A reader sent that exact question to The New York Times this week, and climate reporter Brad Plumer walked through the research. Counting land use, mining, the whole picture, wind and solar still come out far ahead of fossil fuels on emissions and air pollution.
To keep in your back pocket for the next time it comes up!
https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20260610&instance_id=176954&nl=the-morning®i_id=83104257&segment_id=221286&user_id=42e82a50ba71f67d941357f02a455760