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Obama Says He Hopes To Eventually Reduce Carbon Pollution | “As we move forward over the next several years, my hope is, is that the United States, as one of several countries with a big carbon footprint, can find further ways to reduce our carbon emissions,” President Obama said in Canberra, Australia, where the government finally defeated conservative fossil-fuel interests to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and institute a carbon tax. “I think that’s good for the world. I actually think, over the long term, it’s good for our economies as well, because it’s my strong belief that industries, utilities, individual consumers – we’re all going to have to adapt how we use energy and how we think about carbon.”