“President Obama says the U.S. will sharply cut its emissions of greenhouse gases, announcing a new approach to climate change alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping. The plan also includes China’s agreement to cap its emissions.

The two leaders’ pledges are being called dramatic and ambitious — for the U.S., because Obama’s earlier plans had called for a smaller cut in emissions, and for China, because the country had previously resisted calls for it to consider capping its emissions as it grows and modernizes.

“This is an ambitious goal, but it’s an achievable goal,” Obama said. “It will double the pace at which we’re reducing carbon pollution in the United States. It puts us on a path to achieving the deep emissions reductions by advanced economies that the scientific community says is necessary to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change.””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/12/363467360/china-and-u-s-titans-of-carbon-pollution-move-to-cut-gases