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Rio Earth summit: theatrics, but no big agreements | Nation & World | The Seattle Times - 0 views

  • Proposals set out at the beginning, such as providing universal energy access and doubling renewables by 2030, were left on the cutting-room floor.
  • Conservation International Vice President Carlos Manuel Rodríguez said he was encouraged that Scandinavian leaders pledged support for systems that would place an economic value on clean waterways, intact forests and other important ecosystems.
  • Grenada announced its transport and electricity sectors will use only clean-energy sources by 2030; Unilever promised to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions in half by 2020.
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  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed delegates Friday, in Obama's place. She spoke of forging partnerships that would harness "the power of the market" rather than relying solely on governmental action. "It should be said of Rio that people left here thinking, as the late Steve Jobs put it, not just big, but different."
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