Bill Gates plots a surprise attack on the energy sector


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Dec 2015

PARIS (Reuters) - Bill Gates grows most animated when the talk turns to the "cool" new energy technologies that have yet to leave the lab.

Gates was a rare civilian sharing the limelight alongside presidents and prime ministers at the opening session of Paris climate talks on Monday.

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