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India plans 5-fold increase in clean energy
2014-12-05 08:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: India said Friday it was optimistic the world would reach an agreement to curb climate change, but said its actions would be focused on boosting its renewable power capacity five-fold rather than cutting carbon emissions. With hundreds of millions still mired in poverty and without access to electricity, India cannot afford to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the expense of economic growth, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said before leaving this weekend for U.N. climate talks in Lima,...
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