Clean-Energy Investment Rises in 3 Countries Amid Global Decline

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Three G-20 nations saw an increase in clean-energy investments last year even as funding declined globally for the second consecutive year, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Spending in Japan increased 80 percent to $28.6 billion, almost doubling the nation’s solar capacity, Canada spent 45 percent more at $6.5 billion and the U.K. spent 13 percent more at $12.4 billion, according to a Pew report released today.