US, Australia reject Asia-Pacific carbon trade scheme
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Hopes for an Asia Pacific-wide carbon emissions trading scheme were dashed Tuesday as APEC energy ministers met to discuss climate change and the region&#39;s booming power needs.
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US House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi refused here Monday to be drawn on whether the United States would back Germany&#39;s strong position on climate change at next week&#39;s G8 summit.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, slamming the United Nations as &quot;paralysed&quot;.
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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 the meeting.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Friday dropped his objections to a national carbon emissions trading scheme but said he would not be rushed into setting targets that could damage the economy.
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Prime Minister John Howard refused to bow to renewed pressure to back the Kyoto Protocol on global warming after Russia ended years of hesitation by moving to become the latest signatory to the pact.
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected  contentious incentives to convert coal into liquid transport  fuels, as tax-writers proposed giving $32.1 billion in new  incentives to produce cleaner energy, and sticking Big Oil with  most of the bill in the form of new taxes.
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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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BERLIN -- The United States rejects the European Union's all-encompassing target on reduction of carbon emissions, President Bush's environmental adviser said yesterday.
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Asia Pacific leaders overcame differences on climate change Saturday to agree to take action against greenhouse gases at a key summit protected by the tightest security in Australian history.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair warned on Tuesday of the threat posed by climate change and urged support for the principles of the Kyoto accord on global warming, a treaty rejected by President Bush as unfair toward U.S. industry.
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By DAVID STRINGER LONDON - The United States is preparing to reject new targets on climate change at a Group of Eight summit next month, dashing German and British hopes for a new global pact on carbon emissions, according to a document released by environmentalists.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister says he is unlikely to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbors, despite his efforts to strengthen economic ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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US President George W. Bush's administration rejected a call by US lawmakers to take China to the World Trade Organization for &quot;currency manipulation.&quot;
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After years of delays, a world plan  to fight global warming goes into force on Wednesday, feted by  its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an  economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia.
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The US defends its decision not to sign up to the Kyoto climate change treaty with an attack on Europe's record.
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The Bush administration has rejected binding treaties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in favor of voluntary reductions by industry, a policy that will prove even costlier in the long run, according to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.