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25 November 2009, 9:52 AM
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Obama Will Go To Copenhagen Climate Conference

Promises U.S. limits on emissions -- and so does China

(Update: Today, China announced that it, too, will pledge limits on greenhouse gas emissions.)

It's official -- President Obama will lead the U.S. delegation at the Copenhagen climate change conference, and he will promise the world a 17 percent decrease (from 2005 levels)  in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. His pledge mirrors the levels contained in climate change legislation being considered by Congress.

Although this will not improve chances of an actual treaty being reached at Copenhagen, the expectation is for a political agreement among the major nations. Such an agreement depends on what China brings to the conference, and that remains a mystery. China and the U.S. are the planet's two biggest contributors to global warming.

 

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Is this good? I think we can do much better and MUST do much better. The Arctic is melting at alarming rates. The oceans are rising. The average person is totally unaware of this and the real impact this will have on us in the years to come. Can't we as a nation do without some of our luxuries and monies that our pollution brings us?

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