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In Mauritius, the fight for clean energy is a battle against inequality

And whoever controls the production of energy, controls the orientation of the economy.

By Deepa Bhookhun Rainer
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Photo courtesy of CARES.
Photo courtesy of CARES.

Photo courtesy of CARES.

“Mauritius has everything but political will”, says Michel Chiffonne. The 37-year-old long-time activist in Port Louis, Mauritius, is secretary of both the People’s Cooperative Renewable Society Limited and the Centre for Alternative Research and Studies (CARES).

Mauritius, an island-nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of the African continent, has an energy problem and Chiffonne has made it his mission to change this.

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