Copenhagen talks on the brink as US refuses to budge on Kyoto

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China and US clash over US plan for new legal framework that would allow countries to set their own emissions targets

The chance of a meaningful international climate change deal in Copenhagen later this year is today hanging by a thread after the US and China clashed publicly over US proposals that would mean the replacement...

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