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September 10, 2009

Brazil: US climate goals fall short

There's no shortage of folks saying that the U.S. climate control goals need to be stronger. Add Brazil to the list.

Since last year, Brazil has been promising to cut its Amazon deforestation rate in half. That, of course, would be welcome. But it's one thing to make the promise, and it's another to implement it.

Brazilian government officials will provide a sense of how they're doing when they announce restrictions on sugar cane planting.

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