Miami Herald: In an op-ed piece that appeared in both English and Spanish-language publications, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Energy Secretary Steven Chu outlined the benefits of cooperation on clean energy in the Western Hemisphere:
We’re already making progress. As part of [Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas], the United States and the Inter-American Development Bank are working with partners across the region to develop a regional clean energy network that will link energy efficiency centers in Peru and Costa Rica with Chile’s Renewable Energy Center in Santiago, Mexico’s Wind Center in Oaxaca, a biomass center in Brazil and a geothermal center in El Salvador. This new network will bring U.S. and regional experts together to explore technologies and implementation strategies that will benefit us all.