"Some exciting announcements today from the White House on our efforts to combat climate change and lay the foundation for a clean energy economy! The President will be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) next month, and he will take with him an emissions reduction target to drive progress toward a comprehensive and operational Copenhagen accord.Over the last 10 months, the Administration, under the President’s active leadership, has made remarkable progress in addressing climate change and accelerating a clean energy renaissance domestically and abroad (see a list of accomplishments below). These aggressive initiatives have laid the foundation for a meaningful agreement in Copenhagen and longer term for a new, sustainable and prosperous clean energy future."
The article goes on to say that 192 nations will participate in the talks in Copenhagen this month and over 15,000 people will be in attendance. As well as highlighting the areas where The Administration has demonstrated domestic leadership such as the Recovery Act, Efficiency Standard for automobiles, Appliance Efficiency standard, advancing energy legislation and offshore energy development.
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