41.   Some nations, such as China and India, balk at the idea of a set quota for reducing greenhouse gases.

42.   The pact allows industrial nations to meet their obligations to reduce the gases by helping developing countries reduce theirs.

43.   The treaty would require industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gases by specified amounts.

44.   The Tuvalu prime minister said he could understand that forcing Australian industry to reduce greenhouse gases could lead to a fall in the standard of living in Australia.

45.   The United States denied Monday that it is stalling international negotiations on reducing greenhouse gases as environmentalists have charged.

46.   The United States has rejected any new commitments on reducing greenhouse gases at the Berlin meeting.

47.   They included commitments on reducing pollution, protecting forests, fish stocks, and fresh water supplies, and reducing greenhouse gases believed to cause climate changes.

48.   Under the mandate for the Kyoto summit, industrialized nations must shoulder the burden of reducing gases blamed for global warming and set new targets.

49.   Working to gain allies for its approach to craft an improved program to reduce greenhouse gases, the United States announced a joint research program with Italy on Thursday.

50.   The United States announced its alternative to the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday, a year after President George W. Bush rejected the global treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.