South America’s moment smallest country seems to be reinventing itself as a beacon of innovation and progressAs the world’s most powerful nations squabbled in Paris over the cost of small cuts to their fossil fuel use,Uruguay grabbed international headlines by announcing that 95% of its electricity already came from renewable energy resources. It had taken less than a decade to develop the shift, and prices had fallen in real terms, or said the head of climate change policy – a job that doesn’t even exist in many countries. Related: Uruguay makes dramatic shift to nearly 95% electricity from clean energy Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com