by Matthew Berger -
Nov 25th, 2009 
In announcing President Obama’s decision to stop by the climate talks in Copenhagen next month, the White House today detailed the administration’s efforts so far to curtail climate change, calling it "an impressive resume of American action and accomplishments over the last ten months.”
The administration plans to keep burnishing that image in Copenhagen with almost daily speeches by U.S. Cabinet secretaries during the 12-day conference, the White House said.
The president, meanwhile, plans — "in the context of an overall deal in Copenhagen that includes robust mitigation contributions from China and the other emerging economies" — to offer a mid-term U.S. greenhouse gas reduction target in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.
The target would be in line with legislation passed by the U.S. House, but it still falls well short of the reductions called for by the IPCC.
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