US, Canada, Mexico All Pledge to Boost Clean Energy Rappler
go to original June 28, 2016

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The United States, Canada and Mexico will promise on Wednesday, June 29, to generate half their overall electricity from clean energy by 2025, the White House said.

"We believe it is an aggressive goal, but that it is achievable continent-wide," Brian Deese, senior advisor to US President Barack Obama, said Monday, June 27.

He spoke during a telephone conference call with reporters two days ahead of a summit between the 3 countries' leaders in Canada.

In 2015, clean energy – wind, solar and hydropower, plus nuclear power – accounted for 37% of the three countries' electricity, he added.

In the United States, the region's largest electricity producer by far, clean energy currently generates around a third of total output, putting it behind Canada but ahead of Mexico.

The rise in the coming years will be "principally driven by renewables and energy efficiency," Deese said.

In Canada, hydropower generates some 59% of electricity and nuclear power another 16%.

Mexico will also join an existing commitment by the United States and Canada to reduce production of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, by 40 to 45% of its 2012 level by 2025.

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