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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Heather Stewart

Trump may not be a fan of clean energy but Iran war is accelerating global shift from oil and gas

A windfarm on a mountain in the US
A windfarm in the US. Donald Trump talks about the glories of coal and the ugliness of ‘windmills’. Photograph: Kehan Chen/Getty Images

Operation Epic Fury has thus far achieved none of Donald Trump’s war aims, but it may well accelerate the global transition towards the clean energy he loves to hate.

Last week brought the latest exchange of verbal blows in the standoff over the strait of Hormuz. Iran was “choking like a stuffed pig” on the oil it was unable to export because of the US blockade, Trump claimed.

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