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June 19, 2005
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Republican Senator Backs Pollution Plan

WASHINGTON, June 18 (AP) - A leading Republican senator, trying to
shepherd a
broad energy bill through the Senate, is urging the White House and
senators in
his party to support a compromise proposal on global warming, including
mandatory curbs on climate-changing pollution.

The senator, Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, met with Vice President Dick
Cheney on Friday to discuss the climate issue, which will be the focus
next
week when the Senate resumes work on the energy bill.

Mr. Domenici, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, is
prepared to become a co-sponsor of a provision that calls for a mandatory
2.4
percent annual reduction in the growth of the pollution, so-called
greenhouse
gas emissions, if he becomes convinced that it will not endanger a broad
energy
bill, one of his aides said Friday.

But the aide, Alex Flint, emphasized that Mr. Domenici would not support
the
provision, being pushed by Senator Jeff Bingaman, Democrat of New Mexico,
if it
would threaten the overall energy legislation.

Mr. Flint declined to elaborate on Mr. Domenici's meeting with Mr. Cheney.
A
spokeswoman for Mr. Cheney had no comment.

The White House has been critical of any proposal that would require
industry
to comply with mandatory restrictions on heat-trapping emissions,
especially of
carbon dioxide. The administration prefers allowing industry to take
voluntary
steps to address potential climate change, and many businesses have done
so.
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