US: Drop dependence on coal
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22/07/2009
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Times Of India (New Delhi)
New Delhi: On Day Five, US diplomacy on climate change was in full swing even as Hillary Clinton flew out on Tuesday morning. The US special envoy and chief negotiator on climate change, Todd Stern, took over where the US secretary of state left, meeting environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh, power minister Sushilkumar Shinde, foreign secretary designate Nirupama Rao, and the Indian special envoy on climate change, Shyam Saran.
The only take away for the two countries from the array of meetings was the possibility of greater technological cooperation with the areas of discord remaining unsorted. Coming in the wake of the MEF statement in Italy, the US team spelt out its position much clearer and worked to polish the points of cooperation while downplaying issues of divergence.
The Obama administration