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On the recordDecember 11, 2015
This agreement will mean less of the carbon pollution that threatens our planet, and more of the jobs and economic growth driven by low-carbon investment.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the Adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement

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