The article discusses plans for the Georgia Climate Conference, which comes amid recent warnings about global warming. The article quoted Brown discussing Drawdown Georgia, an effort to develop a carbon reduction framework for the state, and the findings of her recent paper, written with colleagues at Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, and Emory University.

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“I’m particularly bullish with the impact of large-scale solar because it’s a very big driver,” said Marilyn Brown, a public policy professor at Georgia Tech and lead author on the paper, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Solar combined with electric vehicles make for an even bigger impact, she said. And there would be positive public health outcomes, too.

“If you invest in EVs, and you don’t clean the grid, you actually may not make any difference. With a clean grid, though, it’s a profound impact. And it’s an immediate impact,” she said.