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| https://web.archive.org/web/20141113070151/http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=A785DD09-D030-4541-B5F6-9DFBC1FE9697 | Sessions Comments On U.S.-Chinese Leaders Climate Agreement, Negative Impact For American Workers | 2014-11-12 | 2014 | 2014-11 | Republican | House | AL | Jeff Sessions | S001141 | web.archive.org | legacy | WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement today after President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached an agreement on carbon emissions limitations: “The President has made a habit of circumventing Congress to unilaterally fulfill his agenda. Despite holding commanding Democrat majorities in the House and Senate in 2009 and 2010, the President’s cap-and-trade agenda was rejected. Under this new agreement, China, our largest trading competitor, is allowed to emit carbon dioxide unabated until 2030. This will cement a huge economic advantage for them while saddling American businesses and employees with new, high-cost regulations. This action places the President’s ideology over the needs of struggling American workers. These are policies that will cost jobs, lower wages, and needlessly spike utility rates, while hurting vital industries that are often pillars of the local economy.” BACKGROUND: On November 11, 2014, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to new restraints on carbon emissions. The agreement requires the U.S. to emit between 26 and 28 percent less carbon in 2025 than was emitted in 2005 while China must produce 20 percent of its total energy from carbon-free sources by 2030 and not increase net carbon emissions after that year. Following the announcement, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy stated that this goal will be met using executive orders by the President, preventing any input from Congress. The Obama Administration is already developing Executive branch regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |