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Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy
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Wind turbines operate along a solar farm near Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province on March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) 2026-03-20T04:09:42Z HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening the shift to renewable energy. Fighting has all but halted oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz , the narrow waterway that carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas,
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