Bush To Counter G-8 Climate Change Push With Technology Offer

The White House is prepared to offer new trade opportunities in the transfer of advanced clean-energy technologies to counter foreign pressures to adopt mandatory climate change controls at the upcoming Group of Eight Summit in Scotland, according to senior administration officials. The White House has devised a two-tiered strategy to counter pressure to act on climate change. The first involves bilateral and/or multilateral agreements that facilitate technology transfer among the major industrial powers, specifically, harmonizing industrial codes and standards and...