1.   Bush has called for voluntary efforts to slow, but not halt, the growth in emissions of warming gases.

2.   Key Democrats are already calling for big reductions in carbon dioxide, the main global warming gas, through cleaner power plants, industrial processes and vehicles.

3.   Regrettably, he showed no signs of reviving his campaign pledge to impose caps on emissions of carbon dioxide, the main global warming gas.

4.   Scientists believe that improving vehicle mileage would be the biggest contribution America could make to cutting emissions of global warming gases.

5.   The result has been ever-increasing emissions of global warming gases and more dependence on foreign oil.

6.   A U.N. scientific panel warned last year that current commitments by industrial nations will do little to stop concentrations of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases from rising.

7.   Ethanol burns to produce water and carbon dioxide, a global warming gas.

8.   Small island nations are urging rich countries to go beyond earlier promises and cut emissions of global warming gases, not just stabilize them.