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February 10, 2025

Clean energy interests sharpen a new message: Money and jobs

  • Solar, wind, hydropower and other clean-energy interests are touting their role in a robust American economy.
    • By SETH BORENSTEIN and ALEXA ST. JOHN
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now tailoring their messages to emphasize the greener side of green: wealth-building. It's an idea that sells far better in the new world of nationalism and tycoon leaders.

    Messaging from the U.S. renewable energy industry and the United Nations on climate change has typically focused on the urgent need to cut greenhouse gas emissions for the sake of environmental and human health. To bolster the argument, they cite record-shattering heat around the world, the frequent climate disasters costing billions of dollars and the human toll of it all.


     
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