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Farhad Manjoo: The wind and solar boom is here

A carbon-free energy economy is coming whether oil and coal companies like it or not.

(Robert F. Bukaty | AP file photo) In this Tuesday, March 19, 2019 photo, the blades of wind turbines catch the breeze at the Saddleback Ridge wind farm in Carthage, Maine. The state's new Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has taken to show she would be more supported of green energy than former Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who lambasted wind power as a "boutique" source, fought subsidies for solar power and pulled the state out of a much-touted off-shore wind project.

(Robert F. Bukaty | AP file photo) In this Tuesday, March 19, 2019 photo, the blades of wind turbines catch the breeze at the Saddleback Ridge wind farm in Carthage, Maine. The state's new Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has taken to show she would be more supported of green energy than former Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who lambasted wind power as a "boutique" source, fought subsidies for solar power and pulled the state out of a much-touted off-shore wind project.

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By Farhad Manjoo | The New York Times