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Mon 12 Dec 2009Copenhagen climate summit opens
The US Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule that greenhouse gases endanger human health, allowing it to regulate planet-warming emissions even without Congressional action, a White House official said today.
The EPA climate announcement will come as a two-week international meeting on controlling climate change kicks off in Copenhagen. President Barack Obama, who has made fighting climate change one of his top priorities, plans to attend the conference late next week as climate legislation in Congress drags behind healthcare.
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