Agence France-Presse: Rich countries should not force the developing world to abandon fossil fuels completely, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday at the UN climate summit in Paris.
"We still need conventional energy -- we need to make it clean, not impose an end to its use," said Modi, who has argued India will continue to need coal to power its rapid economic growth.
Almost a third of India's population remains in severe poverty with limited access to electricity, and its government sees little chance...