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Showing Original Post only (View all)Pres Obama is at it again in India~Modi Shifts on Climate Change With India Renewables Goal [View all]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is ready to expand its use of renewable energy as a way to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a signal that his government is moving toward joining an international deal on global warming.
After a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in New Delhi, the prime minister said that his nation along with all others has an obligation to act on reducing the fossil-fuel emissions blamed for damaging the climate
The remarks represent a shift in Indias tone on global warming. It previously emphasized the historical responsibility of industrial nations for creating the problem, and the Indian government has been ambiguous about whether it will adopt domestic targets for reducing greenhouse gases. Modis comments suggest hes ready to work with Obama on a deal in Paris in December that would for the first time require all nations, rich and poor alike, to restrain emissions.
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India is the worlds third biggest polluting nation behind China and the U.S., making Modis participation in the United Nations climate deal crucial. In November, Obama reached a landmark agreement with President Xi Jinping designed to bring China into a system limiting emissions
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-25/modi-shifts-on-climate-change-with-india-renewables-goal.html
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Pres Obama is at it again in India~Modi Shifts on Climate Change With India Renewables Goal [View all]
Cha
Jan 2015
OP
I know.. President Obama is out doing good in the World and his republicon enemies of state are
Cha
Jan 2015
#7
LOL.. it wouldn't take much to have more brains than US gop, she.. but I see your point!
Cha
Jan 2015
#10
My Gods.Obama's bringing in a third of the world's population with his efforts?! China, now India...
Hekate
Jan 2015
#6
It's a HUGE DEAL, Hekate.. Mahalo for getting the Significance of It! Yeah, while his opponents
Cha
Jan 2015
#13
He couldn't get an explicit carbon target this time, but he did get a renewables % agreement
Recursion
Jan 2015
#12
LOL! It really is hard keeping track with what he's up to when he goes to these Countries like
Cha
Jan 2015
#53
President Obama to seek wilderness designation for 12 million acres of Alaska refuge
Cha
Jan 2015
#21
President Obama is a godsend. He will, no doubt, be known in history as one of the best presidents
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#32
It's almost too difficult to believe that President T. Roosevelt was a Republican
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#62
They're Kochbaggers now, BlueCali.. and Teddy Roosevelt would be disgusted, as would all the other
Cha
Jan 2015
#66
And there you have it, why I started missing this man when he was re-elected, already:
freshwest
Jan 2015
#63
Lol.. saving the world one meeting at a time.. that's what former community organizers now World
Cha
Jan 2015
#33
Yes it is, flamingdem.. glad you can recognize that.. Obama bringing in a 1/3 of the World's
Cha
Jan 2015
#35
Like ucr says.. Obama.. saving the World one meeting at a time.. whether the teabagger deniers
Cha
Jan 2015
#48
It's happening whether we see it or not.. no matter how much the teabaggers like to brag they're
Cha
Jan 2015
#49