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Obama hails climate-change bill

Source: Los Angeles Times

Copenhagen : Denmark | 5 months ago

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The energy legislation passed Friday by the House 'is going to seem like common sense in hindsight,' President Obama says. PM PDT, June 28, 2009 The House bill sets a declining cap on the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists blame for global warming.

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