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Bush Proposes Goals on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Mr. Bush wants to convene a series of meetings with the Greenhouse Gas 15, the largest emitters in the world, to "set a long-term global goal for reducing greenhouse gases" that would be effective after 2012. (article 2)
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" Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. (article 8)
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This does not seem to be true on earth, however, at least if the penitent is George W. Bush and his repentance is over the administration's past recalcitrance on climate change. (article 8)
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If carried through, such an agreement would be the first in which the United States, the world's biggest source of the emissions that scientists say are warming the planet, has committed itself to a specific target for cutting them. (article 1)
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The call, in an open letter, comes as leaders of G8 most industrialised nations are to meet in Germany. (article 4)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has welcomed US President George Bush's call for a global warming summit this year but said more was needed. (article 7)
Bush said major polluters needed to set targets and "great breakthroughs" in technology - led by the US - would allow this to happen. (article 7)
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The chances that the summit of the group of eight leading countries in Germany this week will prove a significant event have increased. (article 5)
The Kyoto pact obliges 35 industrialized nations to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 5 percent below 1990 levels by its expiration year. (article 4)
" The President Bush administration is in a very bad situation said Philippe Moreau Defarges (article 3)
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Source articles
- Bush Proposes Goals on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (nytimes.com, 06/01/2007, 1260 words)
- Mr. Bush Warms Up (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 413 words)
- Bush proposes global goals for cutting greenhouse gases (baltimoresun.com, 06/01/2007, 832 words)
- Investors seek clarity on climate (BBC News, 06/04/2007, 294 words)
- UN welcomes Bush's climate plans (BBC News, 06/01/2007, 391 words)
- Germany Praises Bush on Global Warming (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 750 words)
- Blair push for climate progress (BBC News, 06/01/2007, 517 words)
- What the G8 must achieve (ft.com, 06/03/2007, 520 words)
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Source articles
- Bush Proposes Goals on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (nytimes.com, 06/01/2007, 1260 words)
- Mr. Bush Warms Up (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 413 words)
- Bush proposes global goals for cutting greenhouse gases (baltimoresun.com, 06/01/2007, 832 words)
- Germany Praises Bush on Global Warming (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 750 words)
- What the G8 must achieve (ft.com, 06/03/2007, 520 words)
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