US cleans up global warming pollution at home, but sends it abroad

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Jul 29, 2014

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US cleans up global warming pollution at home, but sends it abroad

Recently President Obama told the League of Conservation Voters that the U.S. has been able to hold our carbon emissions to levels not seen in about 20 years, which sounds great, until you look at the bigger global picture.

A 2013 file photo shows coal being loaded onto a truck at a mine near Decker, Montana.

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Recently President Obama told the League of Conservation Voters that the U.S. has been able to hold our carbon emissions to levels not seen in about 20 years, which sounds great, until you look at the bigger global picture.

President Obama has made tackling global climate change a big priority.

Recently he told the League of Conservation Voters that the U.S. has been able to hold our carbon emissions to levels not seen in about 20 years, which sounds great, until you look at the bigger global picture.

Associated Press environment and energy reporter Dina Cappiello joins Take Two with more.