Solar power facilities reduce the environmental impacts of combustion used in fossil fuel power generation, such as impacts from green house gases and other air pollution emissions. Unlike fossil fuel power generating facilities, solar facilities have very low air emissions of air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide during operations. In addition to these benefits of solar development, construction and operation of solar facilities creates both direct and indirect employment and additional income in the regions where the development occurs. However, there are also some adverse impacts associated with solar power facilities that must be considered in BLM's process of granting solar right-of-way authorizations and DOE's process of developing environmental guidance for solar facilities. Potential adverse impacts to various resources associated with the construction, operation, and decommissioning of solar power plants are briefly outlined below. These impacts and mitigation measures for solar facilities are addressed in detail in the Solar Energy Development Programmatic EIS.