Fossil-Fuel Limits Emerge as Target for Deal on Warming
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Envoys from some 190 nations are taking more seriously the idea of setting a goal for phasing out the pollution from fossil fuels, lending support to the movement against investments in oil and coal companies.
After a week of discussions in Geneva, delegates convened by the United Nations adopted an 86-page draft document with options including the near-elimination of greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 or 2100 -- or to suck the most destructive fumes out of the atmosphere by 2080.