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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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In particular, Prentice seeks to shield Alberta’s emissions-intensive oil sands operations from the effects of emission reductions. The Indian government has consistently asserted that it will not agree to legally binding emissions reductions under any circumstances. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia

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These were the early fruits of an $800 billion investment in the travel sector, itself part of a much larger effort, Vision 2030 , to remake the kingdom and reduce its economic dependence on oil. I jogged through the sand to catch up. Ten minutes evaporated, and I turned to find my group being shepherded back onto the bus.