Bush Calls for Global Emissions Goals

05/31/2007

By William Branigin and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 31, 2007


President Bush today outlined what he described as a new initiative to combat global warming, calling on other nations to work with the United States in setting a long-term goal by the end of 2008 for reductions in greenhouse gases.

In a speech in Washington, Bush signaled a change in tone on global warming ahead of next week's Group of Eight summit meeting in Germany, where the issue is high on the agenda for the gathering of the world's most industrialized nations. But critics promptly complained that Bush's proposal falls short of the urgent action needed to sharply reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and head off potential catastrophe in the future.

The administration's plan involves cutting tariff barriers to the sharing of environmental technology and holding a series of meetings, starting this fall, on ways to limit greenhouse gas emissions by an agreed amount by about 2050. Bush wants this target to be set by the end of 2008.

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