White House unveils climate change strategy
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The White House unveiled a long-term strategy on climate change on Thursday, with plans to gather the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases and to cut tariff barriers to sharing environmental technology.
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.From California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a champion of climate-saving legislation, the presidents and premiers will hear that even an often-reluctant United States is pitching in.'California is moving the United States beyond debate and doubt to action,' he says in remarks prepared for the meeting's morning kickoff. Read more
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Climate experts have greeted George W. Bush&#39;s call for a &quot;new framework&quot; to combat global warming, proffered days ahead of a G8 summit at which climate change will top the agenda, with some relief but even more skepticism.
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The Bush administration yesterday laid out a long-term "strategic plan" for using technology to curb the impact of global warming, reiterating its position that basic scientific research and voluntary actions can curb greenhouse gases linked to climate change.
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SEATTLE -- As the Bush administration debates much of the world about what to do about global warming, butterflies and ski-lift operators, polar bears and hydroelectric planners are on the move.
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The Bush administration's plans for cutting air pollution could achieve less at certain plants than an existing program targeted by the White House, the National Academy of Sciences suggested Thursday in an interim report.
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The White House welcomed a climate change accord by the Group of Eight club of wealthy nations Thursday as a &quot;way forward&quot; on tackling global warming.
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When President Bush mentioned the words "climate change" for the first time in a State of the Union address last year, it signaled that the climate had indeed changed for several issues that were coalescing to force a White House and a Congress of different parties to work together.
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The Bush administration is considering less expensive options to putting up six new weather satellites equipped to monitor global warming, the White House's science adviser said Thursday.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - The United States, realizing  it cannot defeat global threats like terrorism alone, must  cooperate to fight other planetary challenges like climate  change, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - A U.S. plan for fighting global warming will "fold into" wider U.N. efforts rather than set up a rival track, President George W. Bush said on Wednesday as G8 leaders gathered for a summit in Germany.
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President Bushâs new proposal is a potentially useful tool for gaining consensus on cutting worldwide emissions linked to global warming.
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UNITED NATIONS, Jun 5 (IPS) - When leaders of the world's most advanced  economies -- also known as the Group of Eight (G8) -- tried to  set new targets to fight climate change at their summit in  Britain in 2005, the United States balked.
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President George W. Bush's plan to tackle climate change merely restates U.S. policy which has been ineffective in the past in cutting emissions blamed for global warming, the European Union said on Friday.
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone will on Tuesday unveil plans to cut greenhouse emissions in the capital in an effort to take the lead in the global battle against climate change.
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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist opened a two-day summit on climate change Thursday, promising the state will lower carbon dioxide emissions and make use of alternative energy sources.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s plan to  tackle climate change merely restates U.S. policy which has  been ineffective in the past in cutting emissions blamed for  global warming, the EU&#39;s environment chief said on Friday.