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US to propose 17 pct emissions cut in Copenhagen
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-26 01:27 WASHINGTON: The United States will offer a 17-percent reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 at the Copenhagen UN climate change meeting in December, the White House said on Wednesday.
The US House of Representatives passed a bill in June, which sets a 17 percent reduction target for emissions by 2020 from 2005 levels. A Senate version aims for a 20 percent cut. |