The U.S. Senate has so far opposed emissions reductions on the grounds that ________

A) it might hurt the economy
B) no other nations have pledged reductions
C) the United States does not emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases
D) the United States already has reduced its emissions by 68% as agreed in the Copenhagen treaty
E) President Obama rejected the scientific basis of global climate change


A

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