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Report: US, Europeans Divided on Climate Proposals

HeadlineSep 16, 2009

In other environmental news, US and European negotiators have reportedly split over proposals to regulate pollution ahead of the upcoming global climate summit in Copenhagen. The Guardian of London reports the division centers around how to count national carbon reduction targets. The US is reportedly seeking to drop structures established under the Kyoto Protocol that regulate how greenhouse reductions are calculated and how carbon credits are sold. The apparent US proposal would instead let individual countries unilaterally decide how to meet their emissions targets.

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