South Korea's New President Has a Chance to Clean Up
In common with recent elections in Canada and Australia, it's a rebuke of leaders on the right who've fought a rearguard action against the transition to renewables. Lee has promised to phase out coal, limit use of natural gas, and accelerate the building of wind and solar. His position on nuclear power, a major success story that was strongly supported by his impeached predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol, remains ambiguous.
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