Britain aims for CO2-limit target dates
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The British government proposed bold new environmental legislation Tuesday that would set legally binding, long-term limits on carbon emissions &#151; a move it hopes will prompt the United States, China and India to follow suit.
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International rules allowing burial of greenhouse gases beneath the seabed enter into force on Saturday in what will be a step toward fighting global warming, if storage costs are cut and leaks can be averted.
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Britain must get serious about averting a global warming catastrophe, say the Greens as their conference starts.
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The UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, issues a dire warning on climate change as he sets out policies to tackle it.
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European leaders, looking to set the pace in the race against global warming, consider tough new targets.
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The European Commission set targets Wednesday for EU member states to slash greenhouse gases, seeking to calm fears about the burden of fighting climate change and warning that the cost of dithering would be much higher.
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EXETER, England  - Britain, arguing that climate  change is now unstoppable, urged the United States on Tuesday  to sign up to life-saving cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as  environmentalists warned of approaching Armageddon.
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U.S. policy on global warming seems headed for a tipping point, with politicians, business leaders and economists joining environmentalists to call for new laws to limit greenhouse gases that spur climate change.
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LONDON, Nov 1 (IPS) - Britain and Germany will seek to take joint lead   on initiatives to contain climate change at a conference in  Berlin this  week.
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Expect a political debate over how to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions come January, analysts say.
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Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire says it is ahead of schedule with plans to cut carbon emissions.
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VIENNA - Industrial nations agreed yesterday to consider stiff goals for cutting greenhouse gases in a step toward a new global climate treaty to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020. About 1,000 delegates at a United Nations climate conference set a nonbinding guideline that would cut emissions to between 25 and 40 percent below 1990 levels. Officials from 158 nations ...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday the moment was right to come up with new measures to combat global warming and vowed that the world's industrialized countries would push strongly this year for new emissions goals.
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Top coal-burning countries like the United States should start burying carbon dioxide emissions from power plants as a wider crackdown on greenhouse gases looks increasingly likely, according to a study.
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Britain wants to launch a major  international clean energy project with other European  countries, Japan and the United States in a drive to combat  climate change, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on  Tuesday.
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The European Commission on Wednesday is expected to unveil final plans for tougher limits on carbon-dioxide emissions from cars amid pressure from big carmakers, particularly in Germany.Comment
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The EU said it will hold London to its plan, unveiled last April, to emit no more than 736.3 million tons of carbon dioxide.