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Copenhagen: U.S., China Battling Over Emissions

Tuesday afternoon brought a showdown between the world's largest polluters, the United States and China, at the climate summit in Copenhagen, the Associate Press reports. Each country refuses to budge from its position on carbon emissions, and China continues to accuse the United States and other developed countries of trying to force the brunt of the new regulation on poor nations. The United States has offered a 17 percent reduction from 2005 emission levels by 2020, which adds up to a 3 or 4 percent reduction from 1990 levels, the baseline year used by other countries in climate ...

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