Biden calls clean energy a matter of national security

US President Joe Biden told a climate conference for major economies that Russia’s war in Ukraine shows the shift to renewable energy is a matter of national security, as well as key to preventing global warming.“Russia’s brutal and unprovoked assault on its neighbour Ukraine has fuelled a global energy crisis and sharpened the need to achieve long-term reliable energy security and security,” Mr Biden told the virtual summit hosted from the White House.“The good news is that climate security and energy security go hand in hand.”Jordan’s King Abdullah II and US vice president Joe Biden attend a military demonstration at a Joint Training Center outside the city of Zarqa, northeast of the capital Amman, in 2016. AFP This was Mr Biden’s third convening of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate since he took office in 2021 with a vow to make the US a leader in the world’s…

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