Energy Sovereignty Beats Green Promises

Updated: 2025.10.13 9D ago 4 sources
Mexico’s president, a former UN climate scientist, is entertaining fracking to bolster Pemex and reduce reliance on U.S. fuel amid a trade fight. The move shows that when sovereignty and supply security are at stake, even climate‑forward leaders pivot back to hydrocarbons. — It reframes climate commitments as contingent on geopolitical energy security, not just ideology, suggesting future reversals where supply risks rise.

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