RENEWABLE ENERGY. Assistant Secretary of the Office of Protocol Wilfredo Santos welcomes Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman during her visit to the Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday (June 9, 2022). Sherman said the US is ready to support the Philippines in its shift to renewable energy. (Photo courtesy of DFA) MANILA - The United States is ready to support the Philippines in its shift to renewable energy, a ranking State Department official said Thursday. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman acknowledged that governments across the world, including the Philippines, are trying to transition to renewables. "Clean energy is something that is critical for the entire world, for the security of our planet. It is a topic of conversation in every government discussion I have everywhere in the world," she told reporters in a media roundtable. "Governments are trying to transition to renewables, to wind, to solar, to safe and effective small modular nuclear reactor