{"id":23489,"date":"2025-03-07T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23489"},"modified":"2025-03-07T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:23:05","slug":"fossil-fuels-are-the-future-chris-wright-tells-african-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23489","title":{"rendered":"Fossil Fuels Are the Future, Chris Wright Tells African Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Wright\u2019s remarks were welcomed at a time when countries across the region have felt whipsawed by cuts to longstanding African energy initiatives.<\/p>\n

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For the past two days, under the soft lights of chandeliers in a Marriott basement a block from the White House, energy ministers and tech founders from across Africa gathered to discuss how best to bring electricity to more than 600 million people on the continent who have none<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Much of their hope, and fear, came from the whirlwind of change President Trump has brought to U.S. foreign policy, including the termination of Power Africa, a major initiative that had supported them for a decade. Was Mr. Trump abandoning them? Or might his promises of \u201cglobal energy dominance\u201d be a boon?<\/p>\n

Attendees got at least a part of their answer on Friday morning. Chris Wright, the new administration\u2019s energy secretary, took the stage and gave an impassioned speech on how concerns over climate change should not prevent Africa from charging ahead with fossil fuel development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis government has no desire to tell you what you should do with your energy system,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a paternalistic post-colonial attitude that I just can\u2019t stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His remarks came just weeks after the administration shuttered Power Africa, which had financed tens of millions of electricity connections since its start under President Barack Obama in 2013.<\/p>\n

Africa, like the rest of the world, faces an immensely consequential choice: exploit fossil fuels that contribute to global warming, or forge a new path with renewable energy. Mr. Wright said Africa simply needed more energy of all kinds, including and even especially coal, one of the most polluting fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

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Chris Wright\u2019s remarks were welcomed at a time when countries across the region have felt whipsawed by cuts to longstanding African energy initiatives.For the past two days, under the soft lights of chandeliers in a Marriott basement a block from the White House, energy ministers and tech founders from across Africa gathered to discuss how best to bring electricity to more than 600 million people on the continent who have none.Much of their hope, and fear, came from the whirlwind of change President Trump has brought to U.S. foreign policy, including the termination of Power Africa, a major initiative that had supported them for a decade. Was Mr. Trump abandoning them? Or might his promises of \u201cglobal energy dominance\u201d be a boon?Attendees got at least a part of their answer on Friday morning. Chris Wright, the new administration\u2019s energy secretary, took the stage and gave an impassioned speech on how concerns over climate change should not prevent Africa from charging ahead with fossil fuel development.\u201cThis government has no desire to tell you what you should do with your energy system,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a paternalistic post-colonial attitude that I just can\u2019t stand.\u201dHis remarks came just weeks after the administration shuttered Power Africa, which had financed tens of millions of electricity connections since its start under President Barack Obama in 2013.Africa, like the rest of the world, faces an immensely consequential choice: exploit fossil fuels that contribute to global warming, or forge a new path with renewable energy. Mr. Wright said Africa simply needed more energy of all kinds, including and even especially coal, one of the most polluting fossil fuels.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23491,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23492,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23489\/revisions\/23492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}