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Commissioner Stavros Dima gestures during a press conference on
climate change at European Union headquarters in Brussels. TEXT
OF STORY KAI RYSSDAL: Former Vice President Al Gore was on
Capitol Hill today. Climate change was the topic du jour. Gore
pressed lawmakers to act quickly on global warming legislation,
and he said the U.S. has to take "decisive action" at home if
it's going to take a leadership role abroad on the subject.
Specifically he was talking about a new international climate
treaty said to be debated in Copenhagen, Denmark, later this
year. But according to the European Union, a new global climate
deal needs more than just U.S. leadership. From the Marketplace
Sustainability Desk, Sam Eaton reports. SAM EATON: Today the
European Union floated a plan for reaching global agreement at
December's UN climate talks. With the U.S. now on board, the EU
has turned its attention to the next major obstacle -- getting
developing nations like