Fiscal Times: Environmentalists were alarmed a week ago by an interview Indias new environment minister gave to The New York Times, as it seemed to deal a serious blow to U.S. efforts to secure an international agreement on combating global warming.
Prakash Javadekar, the Indian official, declared his governments first priority was to alleviate poverty and vastly improve his nations economy, which he said would necessarily involve an increase in emissions through new coal-powered electricity and transportation....