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Edwards calls for capping of greenhouse gas emissions

03/21/2007

Edwards calls for capping of greenhouse gas emissions

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NEVADA, Iowa Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is calling for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, saying global warming is an international emergency.

The former North Carolina senator says his proposal to limit emissions could revitalize the economy and create up to a (m) million jobs by creating a new energy economy.

Edwards is in Nevada (nuh-VAY'-duh) in central Iowa today, where he's visiting a biomass energy conversion center. He's spelling out his policies for dealing with global warming, saying the nation must act urgently.

His plan also includes drafting a new global warming treaty that brings developing nations into the effort and creating a 10 (b) billion dollar fund to develop new energy sources with the money coming from selling greenhouse pollution permits.