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U.S. Comes Under Pressure in Final Session Before Copenhagen Summit
With just a month remaining before the Copenhagen climate summit, delegates from 192 countries are meeting in Barcelona to attempt to lay the groundwork for a climate treaty, with some influential figures saying the U.S. must be prepared to make firm greenhouse gas reduction commitments if ...
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U.S. Comes Under Pressure in Final Session Before Copenhagen Summit
Worldchanging: Bright Green — ... . Both bills commit to smaller greenhouse gas reductions than the EU. “All countries are making their own choices about how they do their negotiation,” Pershing said. This piece originally appeared in Yale e360 ...

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