For the first time since 1995, when the U.N. started holding its annual climate summits, the United States brought something big to the talks that began Sunday: a series of new laws that could take a big whack at its greenhouse gas emissions. But even that—and the steps taken by other nations—falls short of what is required to prevent catastrophic climate change in the coming years and decades.
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