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Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?

  • Written by Jay Gulledge, Visiting Professor of Practice in Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee
Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?A technician walks through a solar farm in Goma, Congo, in 2025.AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa

You might not know it from the headlines, but there is some good news about the global fight against climate change.

A decade ago, the cheapest way to meet growing demand for electricity was to build more coal or natural gas power plants. Not anymore. Solar and...

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