Modi’s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the world’s third-biggest polluter is ready to take on global warming. Money and politics stand in his way.
Following meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama in New Delhi, Modi said India, a nation with some of the dirtiest air in the world and 400 million people without access to electricity, is prepared to use renewable power to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. The leaders also announced a breakthrough that may herald an expansion of carbon-free civilian nuclear projects.