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03 December, 2015

Congress bid to derail Obama plans won't derail Paris ambitions


LE BOURGET, France -- French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius today dismissed a U.S. House vote to gut the cornerstone of President Obama's international climate change promises, saying opposition in Congress won't derail talks here toward a new agreement.

"My sense was that wasn't a great surprise, what happened. We know the position that the Congress has, at least the position of many Republicans in Congress," Fabius said.

Read the E&E Publishing story - “House assault on climate rules elicits shrugs abroad.”