World leaders pledge action at United Nations climate summit
Obama urged immediate global climate action as the U N summit exposed obstacles to a new treaty. China backed carbon pricing while Brazil resisted deforestation limits. EU aims for 40 percent cuts by 2030 and 27 percent renewables.
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United Nations
Barack Obama
United States
Obama
Brazil
Amazon Rainforest
Congress
Zhang Gaoli
China
Ban Ki-Moon
U.N. General Assembly
European Union
Connie Hedegaard
European Commission
Hedegaard
Zhang
France
Korea
Chile
Countries pledge to end forest loss with Brazil balking
More than 30 countries signed a pledge to halve forest loss by 2020 and end deforestation by 2030, led by the United States Canada and the European Union. Brazil refused to join arguing it was not consulted while stressing commitment to protecting the Amazon and slowing deforestation with legal policy checks.
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Brazil
United States
Canada
European Union
Charles McNeill
U.N. Development Program
Associated Press
Peru
Izabella Teixeira
U.N
Norway
Liberia
Paul Wapner
American University
McNeill
Teixeira
Amazon
Acre
Amapa
Amazonas
UNDP
Wyoming wind project could reshape California power landscape
Four energy firms propose an $8 billion plan to build a vast wind farm north of Cheyenne, a massive storage cavern in Utah, and a 525 mile transmission link to Southern California. If funded and approved, the scheme would rank among the nation’s largest energy projects and face regulatory and sales hurdles.
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Plains
Wyoming
California
Hoover Dam
Jeff Meyer
Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy
Colorado River
Nevada
Arizona
Cheyenne
Caverns
Utah
Travis Miller
Morningstar Inc
Magnum _ Energy
Dresser-Rand
Duke-American Transmission Co
Southern California
Public Power Authority
Steven Homer
Chugwater
Sandstone Bluffs
High Prairie
Anschutz Corp
Saratoga
U.S
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Rousseff
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California Power
Palm Springs
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