(3) Reduces Pollution and Risks to Public Health
The increase of carbon emissions in our atmosphere has already been shown to have very severe consequences to public health. 

The increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has had a major effect on public health. In the past two decades, the United States has seen:

• a large increase in the “frequency, intensity, and duration” of heat-related deaths and illnesses
• an increase in potentially deadly vector-borne diseases, including Lyme, dengue fever, West Nile virus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever with many states reporting 50 to 90 more cases per 100,000 people than they did in 1991
• an 8% rise in asthma, coupled with an observed increase in the length of pollen seasons.

Studies have shown that almost 25% of the global disease burden results from environmental factors. If we put in the extra effort to use clean energy sources, which generate no pollution to the air, water or soil, we can significantly improve global health, especially in developing nations.