Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is correct to warn the West that current high gas prices will compel India to return to thermal power. Developed countries will have to choose between their political interests–exhibited by their sanctions on countries like Venezuela, Iran, and Russia–and their climate goals. They can’t have everything.
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