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America produced seven times as much electricity from solar energy in 2025 as in 2016, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/environmentamerica.org\/center\/resources\/the-state-of-renewable-energy-dashboard\/\">State of Renewable Energy dashboard. <\/a>Solar and wind power already installed in the U.S. has cut health-harming sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution and reduced global warming pollution.\r\n\r\nAmerica has almost unlimited wind and solar resources,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/environmentamerica.org\/center\/resources\/we-have-the-power\/\">enough to power the nation many times over<\/a><b>.<\/b>\r\n\r\n\"The sooner America gets all its electricity from clean renewable sources, the better it will be for our health and our environment,\" <strong>said <a href=\"https:\/\/environmentamerica.org\/center\/people\/johanna-neumann\/\">Johanna Neumann<\/a>, Senior Director of the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy at Environment America Research &amp; Policy 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