Chris Wright Confirms Wind and Solar at 3 Percent of Global Energy Use While DC Tackles Housing Crisis With Zoning Reforms

Chris Wright serves as the United States Secretary of Energy, not Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Recent news from Politifact on April 22 confirms Wright accurately stated that wind and solar energy make up just 3 percent of global energy use despite 10 trillion dollars invested over the last 20 years. Politifact notes this figure aligns with International Energy Agency data on total energy including transportation fuels and industrial heating, though critics highlight the rapid growth and cost-effectiveness of these renewables. In Washington DC housing discussions, Zoning Commissioner Wright spoke at the April 9 Zoning Commission meeting on upzoning Connecticut Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue corridors. She supported adding density near transit to boost housing, emphasizing realistic inclusionary zoning set-asides based on economic models. Wright welcomed a grant to the Office of Planning from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to review these models citywide but opposed neighborhood-specific rules. She stressed clear design review language under Connecticut Avenue Design Guidelines and valid infrastructure assessments. The Commission postponed a vote on the proposal until June 11, awaiting Office of Planning clarifications. Wright affirmed the Commissions shared goal of more housing done right. Meanwhile, the District of Columbia joined 15 states in a March 16 lawsuit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development over fair housing enforcement rollbacks, as reported in District Links. This challenges guidance making it harder to hold landlords accountable for discrimination and funding threats to non-compliant agencies. Thank you for tuning in, listeners. Please subscribe for more updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.