US planning to weaken Copenhagen climate deal, Europe warns

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Key differences between the US and Europe could undermine a new worldwide treaty on global warming to replace Kyoto, sources say

Europe has clashed with the US Obama administration over climate change in a potentially damaging split that comes ahead of crucial political negotiations on a new global deal to regulate greenhouse gas...

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