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THE SITUATION FACING KERRY: Climate envoy John Kerry is
struggling to lock down new commitments from China and India ahead of the Biden administration s summit of global leaders from top emitting countries on Earth Day.
It’s not surprising that China, the world’s top emitter by far, and India, the third biggest emitter, aren’t rushing to announce a new emissions reductions pledge for 2030 months before November’s United Nations meeting in Glasgow, where countries are expected to enshrine tougher targets to the Paris Agreement.
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BIDEN LOOKS TO MOVE ON: The Biden administration is signaling a stand-down in a years-long effort to stop Russia from finishing the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany as it seeks to repair relations with Europe.
The latest evidence that
President Biden is looking to move on and negotiate a solution with Germany comes after his State Department issued a report to Congress Friday that identified only a single Russian ship and its owner as being in violation of U.S. sanctions. The ship, Fortuna, and its owner, KVT-RUS, were already sanctioned in January by the Trump administration, although the new penalties are triggered under a dif