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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle

Europe greenwashing with north Africa’s renewable energy, report says

A vast desert solar power station, seen from above
The Noor 3 solar power station, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Photograph: Abdeljalil Bounhar/AP

European countries are extracting renewable energy from Morocco and Egypt to “greenwash” their own economies, while leaving north Africans reliant on dirty imported fuels and paying the environmental costs, a Greenpeace report says.

Both Morocco and Egypt are aiming to leverage their strategic locations south of the Mediterranean, and their solar and wind power potential, to position themselves as pivotal to Europe’s quest to diversify its energy supply.

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