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Narendra Modi dismisses calls for India to match China's climate goal

2015-01-25 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: The United States and India sought to put a contentious history behind them Sunday by declaring a new partnership on climate change, security and economic issues, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejected calls for India to match China`s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As President Obama opened a three-day visit to New Delhi aimed at underscoring the two democracies` shared ideals, Modi`s blunt dismissal of a sweeping climate agreement reflected the limits of Washington`s assiduous...

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India faces no pressure curb carbon emission: Modi

2015-01-25 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Indo-Asian News Service: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said the US-China climate deal imposed no pressure on India to roll back its carbon emission, but described climate change as a "bigger pressure" that warranted action from all. "It's my feeling that the agreement, that has just been concluded between the United States and China does not impose any pressure on us," Modi said in response to a question at a joint media meet with US President Barack Obama following their summit-level talks. In a landmark agreement...

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On Obamas India visit, climate-change deal unlikely as Modi boosts coal production

2015-01-25 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: In the hilly Singrauli region of northern India, animals feed on ash-covered grass, smoke stings the eyes and burns the throat, and the reservoir is foul with toxins such as mercury and arsenic. Even the breakfast eggs are gray. The critically polluted landscape was once forest and fields of grain and mustard flowers. But after four decades of industrial development, this is Indias power hub. More than a dozen coal mines and power plants spread over two states generate a fifth of the countrys...

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When it comes to climate, Modi is more worried about renewables than Obama's emission cuts

2015-01-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: With U.S. President Barack Obamas visit to India just days away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focused more on boosting the use of renewables in his country than committing to cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions. Obama announced a pact with China two months ago for capping emissions, raising the pressure on India, the third-biggest greenhouse polluter behind those two countries, to follow suit. Instead, Modi is likely to cite a 90 percent success rate in a program aimed at forcing companies to...

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