U.S. Stands By Greenhouse Emissions Pledge, Stern Says
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The Obama administration will stand by a pledge to cut greenhouse gases and doesn’t plan to provide details about how the goal will be met for climate talks in Mexico this year, U.S. negotiator Todd Stern said.
The U.S. at the Cancun negotiations will reaffirm its plan to reduce emissions tied to global warming about 17 percent by 2020, Stern told reporters today after a meeting of the world’s largest polluting nations in New York.