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Clean energy transition projects

Clean energy projects are booming everywhere. Except in poor nations.

A big obstacle is the lack of loans, a subject of intense disagreement between richer and poorer countries. But in Congo, a hard-fought solar investment shows a possible path forward.
Solar and wind keep getting cheaper as the field becomes smarter
arstechnica.com

Solar and wind keep getting cheaper as the field becomes smarter

Every time solar and wind output doubles, the cost gets cheaper and cheaper.
clean energy climate politics
insideclimatenews.org

As the US pursues clean energy and the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, communities dependent on the fossil fuel economy look for a just transition

A new report identifies areas from Appalachia to Alaska that will need help to keep their employment, wages and tax bases from falling steeply as coal, oil and gas are phased out.

Granholm: DOE’s big clean energy spending to come with strings attached
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Granholm: DOE’s big clean energy spending to come with strings attached

The administration is looking at attaching requirements for high-paying jobs as it rolls out grants to stimulate the transition to a clean energy economy.
climate renewable energy politics
www.theatlantic.com

The question that haunts climate advocates

The economics of renewable energy drive the cost and feasibility of climate policy - and they have dramatically shifted for the better. But the Democratic Party still faces the same coalition issues that doomed its effort more than a decade ago.

Shell to cut up to 9,000 jobs as oil demand slumps
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Shell to cut up to 9,000 jobs as oil demand slumps

The move comes five months after it cut its dividend for the first time since World War Two.
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