US admits responsibility for emissions to bring big polluters together

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Hillary Clinton offers admission to ease obstacles towards reaching agreement at climate change summit in Copenhagen

The Obama administration issued a mea culpa yesterday on America's role in causing climate change, in a move to get the major economies working together on a global warming treaty. The admission by...

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