Bush sees U.S. greenhouse emissions levelling off by 2025
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Representatives from 163 countries were hammering out the working plan for talks meant to lead to a climate change agreement by the end of next year aimed at preventing rising temperatures from triggering environmental disaster. (article 2)
Britain has already committed to cutting carbon emissions by 60 percent of 1990 levels by 2050, though lawmakers have warned that the country will likely miss a steppingstone target of a 20 percent reduction by 2010. (article 16)
In a bid to address U.S. objections to setting specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the treaty talks, the compromise proposal referred only in a footnote to the short-term emissions cuts European leaders had demanded. (article 3)
The proposal, made on Wednesday before two days of US-led talks in Paris on climate change, fell far short of what other governments have demanded as a response to scientific warnings on global warming. (article 13)
WASHINGTON (CNN) President Bush on Wednesday called for halting the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and said Congress not judges or regulators should take the lead role in grappling with global warming. (article 11)
The target marked the most specific goal yet set by the Bush administration for curbing carbon emissions, but fell short of more aggressive targets set by European countries and proposed by Democrats in Congress. (article 12)
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