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| President Bush Outlines Emissions Plan As Climate Officials Meet |
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| April 17, 2008 |
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| REPORT |
President Bush called Wednesday for an end to greenhouse gas emissions growth by 2025, emphasizing the need to invest in new nonpolluting technologies. Bush spoke ahead of Thursday's climate change meeting of major world economies. But some Democrats and environmental leaders said the president's plan was "too little, too late."
The European Union, which is seeking to cut emissions below 1990 levels, called Mr. Bush's plan disappointing and some delegates at the climate talks in Paris said Thursday that faster action was needed to combat global warming.
"The American administration is starting to awake," French climate change ambassador Brice Lalonde said, according to Reuters. "It's a bit late."
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Read the text of President Bush's speech
Related Information: EPA inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (PDF) |
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