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Article: New York Task Force Calls for Sharp Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions.
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- April 24, 2003
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By Elizabeth Benjamin, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 24--New York would lead the nation in limiting the main greenhouse gas emitted by power plants if Gov. George Pataki accepts the recommendations in a final report by his task force on global warming, members of the body said Wednesday.
The report, which is not yet public, calls for a less-dramatic reduction of carbon dioxide emissions than discussed in a 2002 draft report, but still calls for the most aggressive cuts adopted by any state.
Task force members said the final report suggests limiting emissions of carbon dioxide to 25 percent below 1990 ...