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The end of every year is a great time for taking stock of what the year has broughtincluding in terms of cleanenergy in the power sector. As it turns out, 2024 has provided a whole lot of cleanenergy progress as fodder for that stock-taking.
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Finally, a word on the stark choice America is faced with now embrace a cleanenergy future or double down on the fossil fuel industries of the past. He has long railed against windpower (both onshore and offshore), and he repeated many of these claims at his post-Inauguration rally at the Capital One Center on January 20, 2025.
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