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Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:22 PM

Published 11/06/2009 by Times Online


Obama set to announce US emissions target

Obama set to announce US target for cutting emissions at summit

Ben Webster, Environment Editor

President Obama is preparing to break the deadlock in negotiations on a global deal on climate change by announcing a target for cutting US greenhouse gas emissions.

The US is the only developed country yet to propose...

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