JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - After days of nearly round-the-clockdiscussions, bleary-eyed negotiators at an international summit herereached agreement on a broad plan to bring clean water, sanitationand energy to the world's poor without further degrading the planet.
The hard-won consensus plan, which has decidedly weaker languagethan many delegates and environmentalists had hoped on increasing theuse of renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power, isexpected to be ratified today or Wednesday by more than 100 heads ofstate or government assembled here at the World Summit on SustainableDevelopment.
The more than 70-page plan agreed upon Monday night …
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