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South Africa Energy Minister Embraces China and India as Climate Models

Gwede Mantashe

Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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South Africa’s Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe held up the world’s biggest coal users, China and India, as models of how to tackle climate change and railed against communities and environmental activists who are hindering oil exploration in the country.