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Climate deal lets other nations increase pollution until 2030

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, front row third from right, applaud as they pose with world leaders for a group photo at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, front row third from right, applaud as they pose with world leaders for a group photo at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. Jacky Naegelen AP

For those who are concerned about man-made global warming, you no longer need to worry about it. President Barack Obama brokered a deal that solves the problem. The U.S. and other industrialized nations are going to cut their emissions (the U.S. 26 to 28 percent below the 2005 level) by 2025 and pay $100 billion in tax dollars per year to third-world nations. The sweet part of the deal is that China and India are allowed to increase their pollutants until 2030. Then, we hope they will start decreasing their pollution levels.

This is another great deal by Obama. Your tax dollars at work. Problem solved.

Richard W. Neufeld, Grover Beach

This story was originally published April 1, 2016 at 8:09 PM with the headline "Climate deal lets other nations increase pollution until 2030."

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