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Winners and losers in the Paris climate pact

LE BOURGET, France (AP) – The climate deal adopted in suburban Paris was the culmination of four years of negotiations on how to get nearly all countries to jointly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are warming the planet. The talks were difficult and sometimes teetered on the …

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Now comes the tough part: The world’s carbon diet starts

PARIS (AP) – The world is about to go on a carbon diet. It won’t be easy – or cheap. Nearly 200 nations across the world on Saturday approved a first-of-its-kind universal agreement to wean Earth off fossil fuels and slow global warming, patting themselves on the back for showing …

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Negotiators analyze ‘final draft’ of climate pact in Paris

LE BOURGET, France (AP) – France presented negotiators from 190 nations with what it called a “final draft” of an unprecedented climate deal to slow global warming and urged them to approve it on Saturday. The deal, called the “Paris agreement,” would limit rising temperatures and sea levels, and eventually …

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