Australia Urges Voluntary Emission Goals

September 3rd, 2007 in Space & Earth / Environment
Australia Urges Voluntary Emission Goals (AP)

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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