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Western Climate Initiative

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    …such agreement, known as the Western Climate Initiative, was developed in February 2007. A voluntary agreement between seven U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, it strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent (as compared with 2005 emissions levels) by the year 2020.

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    …such agreement, known as the Western Climate Initiative, was developed in February 2007. A voluntary agreement between seven U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, it strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent (as compared with 2005 emissions levels) by the year 2020.

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