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US, China, India Absent As 46 Other Nations Join To Fight Climate Change

US, China, India Absent As 46 Other Nations Join To Fight Climate Change

Forty-five nations answered France's call Saturday for a new environmental body to slow inevitable global warming and protect the planet, perhaps with policing powers to punish violators.

Absent were the world's heavyweight polluter, the United States, and booming nations on the same path as the U.S. -- China and India.

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