U.S. Pledges to Take CO2 Emissions Target to Copenhagen Talks

The United States has committed to presenting a target for reducing CO2 emissions at next month's international climate change talks in Copenhagen, the Associated Press reported. A senior administration official told reporters that all countries including the U.S. "will need to put their emissions targets on the table."

The official declined to offer specifics but did say the goal would reflect the legislation that Congress has been working on: "I am not going to make an announcement here what that's going to be, but I think over the next several days that should be able to become more clear in terms of what the US might be able to do."

The official said also that the president could decide to go to the talks in Copenhagen if "negotiations have proceeded sufficiently that going to Copenhagen would give a final impetus, a push, to the process," Agence France Presse reported.

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