Christoph
05-06-07, 22:50
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/04/china.climate.ap/index.html
• China says industrialized nations mostly responsible for climate change
• China's "overriding priority" is "economic development and poverty eradication"
• China aims to improve energy efficiency in 2010 by 20 percent over 2005
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BEIJING, China (AP) -- China promised Monday to better control emissions of greenhouse gases, unveiling its first national program to combat global warming, but rejected mandatory caps on emissions as unfair to countries still trying to catch up with the developed West.
• China says industrialized nations mostly responsible for climate change
• China's "overriding priority" is "economic development and poverty eradication"
• China aims to improve energy efficiency in 2010 by 20 percent over 2005
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BEIJING, China (AP) -- China promised Monday to better control emissions of greenhouse gases, unveiling its first national program to combat global warming, but rejected mandatory caps on emissions as unfair to countries still trying to catch up with the developed West.