North American trio make 2025 pledge on no-carbon power

No-carbon power goal - Brian Deese.

The leaders of all three North American nations will announce a joint pledge Wednesday to draw half of the continent's power from nonemitting sources by 2025, White House spokesman Brian Deese announced this afternoon.

The target will be an average across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and will include renewables like hydropower, wind, solar and energy efficiency measures, as well as nuclear power and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage technology.

Deese called the pledge "a central and animating goal" for the broader North American energy and climate partnership that President Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto will unveil during their North American Leaders' Summit in Ottawa, Ontario.

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