Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say

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Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say
nytimes.com

The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels — the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.

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They'll just start funding more terrorist organizations and attacks à la 9/11. The Saudis are no one's friends and the world would do well to remember that.