Surging Renewables Keep Global CO2 Flat As Economy Grows

What happened? The IEA says its “data suggest that electricity generated by renewables played a critical role, having accounted for around 90% percent of new electricity generation in 2015.” Yes, a whopping nine out of 10 new power plants in 2015 were renewable — and five out of 10 were wind...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/16/3760809/renewables-global-co2-flat/