US edges towards cap on greenhouse gases

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/02/climatechange

The US yesterday took a first step towards mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions, in direct defiance of the Bush administration's policy on climate change.

Yesterday's vote in a Senate subcommittee marks the first US move towards European-style policies. Although the caps on emissions approved do not go as far as those in Europe, environmental campaigners said they marked a decisive break with the administration's policies.

"Whether or not a bill reaches President Bush's desk before he leaves office, this vote was a clear sign that his Just Say No policy on global warming has reached the end of its useful political life," said Philip Clapp, the president of the independent National Environmental Trust (NET).

"This is a very big deal," said Tony Kreindler, of Environmental Defence, a campaigning group. "We finally have all the elements that we need to get us to the point where we are making law."

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