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More cities in US transitioning to 100% renewable energy

In January, the California city of Hawthorne voted decisively for 100 percent renewable energy as their default rate, while Hermosa Beach opted to join the Clean Power Alliance, owing in part to the chapter’s Clean Break team’s campaigning, angeles.sierraclub.org writes. Buena Park, the inaugural member of the Orange County Power Authority, is the first city …

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Environmentalists urge British authorities to speed up energy transition

Britain needs to switch to renewable energy sources to protect itself from energy crises like the current one, British MPs and experts said, the BBC reported. According to politicians and experts, the UK needs to switch to renewable energy sources to protect itself from energy crises. The current energy crisis has been fueled by rising …

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UK urged to push renewables in face of high energy costs

Renewable energy trade organizations in the United Kingdom are urging the government to prioritize clean energy development in order to prevent susceptibility to rising energy prices. In response to Ofgem’s energy price cap and the government’s pledges to help people pay their energy bills, RenewableUK chief executive Dan McGrail said that the UK needs to …

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Clean energy transition to fuel growth for China’s rare earths sector in 2022

The world’s dependence on China for rare earth elements has steadily decreased, but the nation is predicted to increase production, exports, and price for the commodity group through 2022, owing to rising global demand for renewable energy, spglobal.com writes. China has historically wielded considerable power in the rare earths market, but its share of global …

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Five powerful examples of clean energy transitions in Asia

Nowhere on the planet is the clean energy transition more important than Asia, which accounts for about half of global energy consumption and is now the world’s largest polluting area, surpassing past major polluters North America and Europe. Despite the economic constraints provided by the COVID-19 epidemic, several Asia-Pacific nations have continued to see record-breaking …

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Vietnam Chases Net-Zero Dreams While Living A Coal Reality

Last year, during the COP26 climate summit, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chnh made an unexpected announcement: the country’s goal is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The government also signed the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition declaration, pledging to swiftly scale up renewables and not build any new coal power plants without a …

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