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FROM VOLUME 3, NUMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 1990

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"Cabinet Backs Töpfer Plan to Cut CO₂ Emissions 25 Percent by 2005," Intl. Environ. Rptr., pp. 287-288, July, 1990. The West German cabinet is backing Environment Minister Klaus Töpfer's plan to cut the country's emissions, over objections by the Economics Ministry. An interministerial working group will investigate ways of achieving the reduction by the end of this year; some want to include East Germany as well.

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"Scientific Uncertainties Pose Problems in Making Policy Choices, Officials Say," ibid., pp. 280-281. At the June forum sponsored by the Parliamentary Assembly of Europe in Ottawa, scientists called for immediate action to limit greenhouse gas emissions, while policy makers said they need solid scientific information to gain necessary popular support.

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"Japan Uses Summit to Bid for Big Time," M. Cross, New Scientist, p. 20, July 14, 1990. Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu was expected to suggest at the economic summit in Houston that Japan should coordinate international research on global warming. The country's decision to emphasize global warming research has encouraged the Ministry of Industry and Technology (MITI) in its research initiative on energy technology (see ibid., p. 24, July 28).

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"Armed Services Chair Surprises Senate with Call for Major Environmental Push," Inside EPA, p. 4, July 6, 1990. U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has proposed a major initiative that would devote Defense and Energy Department resources to global environmental problems, especially climate change. Activities would include data collection and analysis, advanced energy technologies, and technologies for environmental cleanup. The proposal passed the Senate committee in July with a $200 million initial allotment (Greenhouse Effect Rep., p. 57, July).

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"Sounds Cool: the Acoustic Fridge from California," L. Dayton, New Scientist, p. 28, Aug. 11, 1990. A California research group has developed a device which uses high-energy sound waves to transfer heat without ozone-damaging substances.