The decision last summer to buy two million tons of coal was not an anamoly in the Mexico power generation plans for the future. It was a sign of which direction that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is leading his nation.
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Obrador has attempted to block plans for additional, privately funded renewable generation in Mexico, and keep the focus on coal-fired power. The nation’s high court foiled that effort, but he plans to reopen two coal-fired units near the Texas border.
A new story by The Guardian details Obrador’s retrenchment toward fossil fuels even as new U.S. President Biden pushes his country toward lower carbon emissions in power generation and transportation.
