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      Solar panels are installed near vineyards in Spain.

      In Harbinger of Green Future, Spain Ran on Renewables for 9 Hours

      Spaniards have been rushing to put solar panels on their roofs, now helped by E.U. subsidies and by a plummeting in the cost of the systems.

      Juan Cole
      May 21, 2023

      Spain, the world’s 15th-largest economy and the fourth-largest in Europe, recently ran for nine hours entirely on wind, solar, and hydro. It is not the first time the renewables supplied all of the country’s domestic electricity needs on the peninsula, but it is the first time they did so for so many hours in a row, on a weekday when demand is heavier than on the weekends, and when three of the country’s nuclear power plants were shut down for various reasons. So reports Ignacio Fariza at El Pais.

      Spain, with a nominal GDP of about $1.427 trillion and a population of 47 million, is a major industrialized democracy, so this achievement is highly significant for what it tells us about the future.

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      Drone view of small town and community solar array.

      The Call for a Livable, Fossil-Free Future Grows Louder

      A just transition away from fossil fuels and into community-centered renewable energy is the only path forward.

      May Boeve
      Mar 26, 2023

      The IPCC’s 6th Assessment Synthesis Report released this week summarizes what we already knew: that the climate crisis, whose visibility has grown more pronounced over every season, is unequivocally happening.

      Its root cause? Humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels. Every year that we put off a swift, just transition into a decarbonized economy is a year that we will never get back.

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      'Only the Beginning': Democrats' IRA Set to Create 100,000+ US Green Jobs

      "Thanks to President Biden's affordable clean energy plan, businesses are investing in manufacturing like never before, and planning to create good-paying jobs in every corner of the country," said one climate campaigner.

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 06, 2023

      A leading climate action group on Monday published a report revealing that the 94 clean energy projects announced since U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law last August are set to create more than 100,000 green jobs.

      Climate Power—which published the report as part of a new six-figure national ad campaign touting the growing green economy—said that since the IRA became law without any Republican support last year, "companies are racing forward with massive investments to build our clean energy future."

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