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Greenhouse gas emissions standards set
Diesel Progress (April 1, 2010) - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have jointly established new federal rules that set the first-ever national greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs sold in the United States.

USDA, DOE & NSF agree to joint climate change prediction research program
AgProfessional (March 22, 2010) - USDA and the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation today created a joint research program that designates nearly $50 million to develop climate system models that provide insights on climate variability and impacts on ecosystems.

Clinton: U.S. would help raise billions on climate
AP via BusinessWeek (December 17, 2009) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging U.N. climate talks Thursday by announcing the U.S. would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer nations cope with global warming.

U.S., 20 other countries form Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
Ag Professional (December 16, 2009) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today joined representatives from 20 other countries across the globe to announce the formation of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, an international research collaborative to combat climate change.

U.S. announces $1 billion to protect world forests from deforestation
Ag Professional (December 16, 2009) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the United States, joined by Australia, France, Japan, Norway, and the United Kingdom, agreed, in the context of an ambitious and comprehensive outcome in Copenhagen, to dedicate a total of $3.5 billion as initial public finance towards slowing, halting and eventually reversing deforestation in developing countries.

Explaining basics of the Copenhagen climate summit
AP via BusinessWeek (December 13, 2009) - World leaders are arriving in Copenhagen this week to forge the framework of a plan to limit the causes of global warming, seeking to prevent catastrophic changes to the climate.