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Jamaica leads in Richard Branson-backed plan for a Caribbean climate revolution

  • Written by Masaō Ashtine, Lecturer in Alternative Energy, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Turbines in Manchester Parish, Jamaica, the English-speaking Caribbean's first wind farm.Debbie Ann Powell

After hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through the Caribbean in 2017, devastating dozens of islands – including billionaire Richard Branson’s private isle, Necker Island – Branson called for a “Caribbean Marshall Plan.&rdq...

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