DAVID SCHECTER: This may look to you and me like a corrugated roof top on a gas station. But to the solar installer Clay Copeland, it looks like a profit.
Did you get into solar because of climate change?
CLAY COPELAND: I got into solar because it's an excellent business model, right? The environment wins. The economy wins.
SCHECTER: Copeland’s is one of many green businesses flourishing in politically red south Georgia, where the country’s largest electric vehicle factory is under construction. And other investments are being driven by the Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA, passed by the Biden Administration, is infusing $370 billion to support the renewable energy transition. Copeland says IRA incentives will support 90% of this future solar project.
When you vote, will you be thinking about climate?
COPELAND: Absolutely.
SCHECTER: Clay’s work led to a shift in how he thinks about climate change, and he’s not alone.
