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Published 11/04/2009 by Yahoo! News


Obama urges action as Europe ups climate pressure on US (AFP)

WASHINGTON (AFP) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming, as European leaders pressed Washington to take action on climate change ahead of next month's summit. Obama met top European leaders for an EU-US summit here, shortly after...

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...the US Congress. "All of us agreed that it is imperative for us to redouble our efforts in the weeks between now and the Copenhagen meeting to assure that we create a framework for progress in dealing with (a) potential ecological disaster" Obama said after talks...
Obama urges action as Europe ups climate pressure on US (AFP) [Yahoo! News - 11/04/2009]
...to do more. "I'm convinced that once we in Europe and America show ourselves ready to adopt binding agreements, we will also be able to persuade China and India to join in" she said. But even...
Obama urges action as Europe ups climate pressure on US (AFP) [Yahoo! News - 11/04/2009]

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