Australia Urges Voluntary Emission Goals
September 3, 2007 By MERAIAH FOLEY, Associated Press Writer
Australia's Prime Minister John Howard gestures during a pre-APEC 2007 press conference in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007. Sydney will play host to the 15th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting with leaders from such nations as the USA, Russia, Japan and China attending for the week long event.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
(AP) -- Australia's leader urged his Pacific Rim counterparts on Sunday to forge a new agreement on climate change - one that would reject binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions in favor of voluntary goals.
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