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Greenhouse gases at near-record levels in 2005

By James Kanter
International Herald Tribune

November 20, 2007

The volume of greenhouse gases emitted by industrialized nations rose to near-record levels in 2005, the United Nations said Tuesday, two weeks before political leaders meet in Bali, Indonesia, to agree on a road map for negotiations on a new global treaty to fight climate change. Among the nations responsible for the rising trend was the United States and a number of former Soviet bloc countries… more