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First published on Truthout: October 4, 2015.
Over 20 years after a global consensus of earth scientists at the Rio Earth Summit first suggested we control carbon dioxide emissions to prevent dangerous climate change, the United States has finally acted. This is excellent news for 20 years ago but today, Kyoto V2 (the EPA’s Clean Power Plan) is but a small portion of action the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2013 report says is now appropriate.