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Pentagon to lose emissions exemption under Paris climate deal
2015-12-14 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US military and armed forces of countries around the world will no longer be automatically exempted from emissions-cutting obligations under the UN Paris climate deal, the Guardian has learned. Although the US never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, it won an opt-out from having to fully report or act on its armed forces greenhouse gas emissions, which was then double-locked by a House national defence authorisation bill in 1999. Under the Paris agreement, countries would not be obliged to cut...
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