The Americas | Mexico’s incoming president (2)

Confused and dirty: Claudia Sheinbaum’s energy plan

She cannot boost renewables while propping up the state oil and power giants

View from the outskirts of the city of the refinery of the state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
A policy in flamesPhotograph: Getty Images
|MEXICO CITY

Editor’s note (August 23rd, 2024): We have updated this article to remove the name of one of the sources who wished to remain anonymous.

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