Vietnam Is A Test For What Happens When The U.S. Abandons Climate Diplomacy
HANOI, Vietnam ― There was a time, a little over two years ago, when Ted Osius could imagine the smog clearing over this sprawling capital city, with its jungle canopy of ancient banyan trees and electrical wires alive with coal-fired power and its throngs of exhaust-coughing motorbikes. Osius, who abruptly resigned late last year after three years as the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, now warns that the Trump administration’s retreat on is encouraging Vietnam to dig in on coal power. Doing so would undermine years of progress in a country ...
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