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Obama: Recession toughens climate talks, but leaders must fight 'temptation toward cynicism'

Obama: Recession toughens climate talks, but leaders must fight 'temptation toward cynicism'

(NECN: L'Aquila, Italy) - "One of my highest priorities as president is to drive a clean energy transformation of our economy, and over the past six months, the United States has taken steps towards this goal," said President Barack Obama. "We're on track to create thousands of new jobs across America." Obama says the global recession makes it harder to strike an international climate agreement but that leaders must "fight the temptation toward cynicism" and press forward. Obama spoke at the conclusion Thursday of a forum of major read more

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