U.S. opposes fixing greenhouse gas cuts at G8
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States said on Wednesday it opposed setting firm targets for greenhouse gas cuts at a G8 summit but offered reassurance that its plan for fighting climate change would not undermine U.N. efforts.
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The Bush administration's rejection of state efforts to tighten rules on greenhouse gas emissions touched off a flurry of counterattacks Thursday. Democrats in Congress launched an investigation. Governors led by California's Arnold Schwarzenegger said they would sue, and environmental groups demanded to see the government's rationale for its decision.
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U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire for resisting tough action on global warming, on Thursday called on 15 influential countries to agree by the end of 2008 on a long-term goal to cut emissions.
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The United States has raised new serious objections to a proposed global warming declaration prepared by Germany for next month&#39;s Group of Eight summit, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Environmentalists reject US claims that it is doing as much to curb global warming as Kyoto deal nations.
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G8 leaders are likely to  agree this week to make &quot;substantial&quot; cuts in greenhouse gas  emissions but will not fix a numerical target, British Prime  Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday.
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The United States is lining up with China, India and the world's other biggest polluters in opposition to mandatory cuts in Earth-warming greenhouse gases sought by the United Nations and European countries.
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The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree to tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to next month's meeting.
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BUENOS AIRES, Dec 16  - Europe and the United States clashed Thursday at the UN climate change conference on the measures that must be taken to reduce harmful greenhouse gases.
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US President George W Bush outlines a new plan to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of a G8 summit.
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Bush administration officials set out Friday to convince the world it can cool the Earth with voluntary "processes," more cooperation and fewer barriers to trade among the U.S., China and other major polluters, contrary to the U.N.'s mandatory approach to global warming.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the Group of Eight were close on Thursday to agreeing a need for "substantial" cuts in world greenhouse gas emissions, falling short of European calls to halve emissions by 2050.
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Senior US lawmakers have expressed deep concern in a letter to President George W. Bush over reports the United States seeks to weaken a G8 declaration on climate change.
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BUENOS AIRES - The United States resisted calls on Monday for talks on the Kyoto Protocol at an international conference here on climate change.
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Al Gore said Thursday the United States is "principally responsible" for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference, and European nations threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington compromises on emissions reductions.
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The United States agreed yesterday to "seriously consider" a European plan to combat global warming by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050. The deal averted a trans-Atlantic deadlock at a meeting here of the Group of 8 industrial nations.
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The United States, which refused to participate in a United Nations-backed global plan to slow global warming, said on Tuesday it will spend nearly &#36;5.8 billion in 2005 on research and programs addressing climate change.