The
government
of
recently
elected
President
François
Hollande
held
a
high-level
environmental
conference
over
the
weekend
in
which
it
attempted
to
make
a
clear
break
from
its
predecessor,
reiterating
its
pledge
to
significantly
lower
nuclear’s
contribution,
and
promising
to
uphold
a
ban
on
hydraulic
fracturing
–
known
as
fracking
–
for
at
least
the
next
five
years.
Hollande
and
Prime
Minister
Jean-Marc
Ayrault
also
paid
repeated
tributes
to
the
virtues
of
renewables,
with
the
president
saying
wind
and
solar
hold
“huge
potential”,
and
adding
that
he
“regrets”
the
setbacks
both
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