1.   Nuclear power makes a valuable contribution to the environment by curbing carbon dioxide emissions.

2.   He claimed it would allow Heseltine to avoid mentioning that Britain was lagging behind Europe in curbing carbon emissions in the run up to the general election.

3.   Governments, airlines and passengers should take action to curb global emissions, the report concluded.

4.   Among the agreements signed today is one that would help clean up Venezuelan oil to curb such emissions.

5.   And it has voluntarily decided to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, and is building an internal carbon-trading scheme.

6.   At this point, the economic damage to crops is so severe that China would save money by curbing sulfur emissions.

7.   A White House spokesman said President Bush opposed the pact because it did not bind developing nations to curb emissions and because he believed the costs outweighed the benefits.

8.   Bush recently overruled Whitman on proposed rules to curb emissions of carbon dioxide from power plants and other industrial sites.

9.   But as international pressure grows on the United States to curb emissions, so does corporate interest in offsets.