article_snippet: White House is seeking to enshrine White House pledge to cut emissions in a global climate agreement to be negotiated later this year in Paris, formally submitting an outline of White House commitment to the United Nations yesterday.
article_snippet: We can achieve this goal using laws that are already on the books, and this goal will be in place by the time Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves office,' Brian Deese, a senior adviser to Chinese President Xi Jinping, said according to the New York Times.
article_snippet: Obama's commitments can last. '
article_snippet: that Obama's measures cannot be reversed by the courts or .
highlights_snippet: White House says White House can achieve White House goal 'using laws that are already on the books, and it will be in place by the time President Barack Obama leaves office' 