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Southern U.S. States Inch Towards Renewable Energy

By Matthew Charles Cardinale
With the U.S. East Coast virtually shutting down Monday with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, the broader debate over transitioning to cleaner energy sources and slowing, if not halting, climate change is taking on ever greater urgency.
Solar panel fields in Provence, France. Credit: Coralie Tripier/IPS

Biggest Economies Still Lagging on Renewables

By Coralie Tripier
On the eve of the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil, the U.S.-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a report Monday ranking the world's biggest countries on their use of renewable energy.