Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months ago

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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