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160 Nations Agree to a New Global Warming Treaty
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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The Supreme Court rebuked the Bush administration yesterday for refusing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, siding with environmentalists in the court's first examination of the phenomenon of global warming. (article 6)
The court ruled 5 to 4 that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by improperly declining to regulate new-vehicle emissions standards to control the pollutants that scientists say contribute to global warming. (article 6)
An international panel of climate scientists said yesterday that there is an overwhelming probability that human activities are warming the planet at a dangerous rate, with consequences that could soon take decades or centuries to reverse. (article 2)
Delegates from about 170 nations unanimously approved a compromise plan to set up a two-year negotiating process that will try to set specific targets for reducing so-called greenhouse gases in the 21st century. (article 5)
The conference also accepted the principle of " joint implementation a U.S.-touted concept under which industrial countries can offset their own emission reduction quotas by financing cuts in greenhouse gases in developing countries. (article 5)
European environmental leaders, who were outraged when President Bush disavowed the Kyoto global warming treaty in March, vowed to forge ahead without the United States and work out final details in Morocco this week. (article 4)
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Source articles
- U.S. Urges Binding Accord on Global Warming (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 254 words)
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- 160 Nations Agree to a New Global Warming Treaty (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 267 words)
- Greenhouse Gas Cutback Goals Left Up in Air (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 238 words)
- High Court Faults EPA Inaction on Emissions (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 959 words)
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