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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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2 ] Rasmussen’s “one agreement, two steps” plan was quickly endorsed by US President Obama, as well as Australia’s Prime Minister Rudd and Russia’s President Medvedev, all of whom were present at the APEC summit. “ Bretton Woods plus Yalta, multiplied by Reykjavik. Canada’s 2009 GHG emissions are 48.7%

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US State Department issues Presidential Permit to TransCanada for Keystone XL

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The permit authorizes TransCanada to construct, to connect, to operate, and to maintain pipeline facilities at the US-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana for the importation of crude oil. Kerry noted at that time that the arguments pro and con had been “overstated”. Earlier post.)