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U.S. opposes act of gases causing By The Associated Press NOORDWIJK, Netherlands ? More than 60 nations today urged the world to stabilize by the yeai 2000 the emission of gases blamed for the "green house effect." They acted over opposition from th< United States, the Soviet Union and Japan. Most 01 the participants at the bo-nation conrerence on global warming adopted a declaration saying tha carbon dioxide emissions should be stabilized withir 10 years as a first step toward fighting the pollutior problem. Environmentalists were bitter about the refusal o the United States, Soviet Union and Japan to sign th< declaration. "The conference is a total failure, and the Unitei States and Japan have sabotaged it," said Danie Becker, an official of the Sierra Club, a Washington based environmentalist group. The Dutch, hosts of the two-day ministerial meet ing, had hoped to align all the participating nation: unanimously behind a commitment to stabilize emis sions by the end of the century and to begin reducinj them in 2005. William K. Reilly, chief administrator of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, said the "distinc tion was between those countries that want to commi themselves to stabilization by the year 2000 and those including the United States, who are not prepared t( say so at this time." m w * B|? Thank you for giving. Again and again. GIVE BLOOD, PLEASE A RedCr^s Thank you for giving. Again and again. GIVE BLOOD, PLEASE SSSSSl YOU'RE UNIQUE! We could use your talent and J I - - -J timeatthe Office of I Commonity Service Programs. Campus Activities I Center, Lower Level, Russell B House, 777-6688. to lower emission ~ greenhouse effect On Monday, Reilly said, "We believe in a reduction Pr^ of carbon dioxide. But we're not prepared to say by r what time and by what level." ^a( Reilly said the countries should wait for completion fla( ; of studies by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate in& Change, a forum trying to find ways of reducing Pei global warming. c?r The level at which the emissions were to be stabil- 1311 ized will be set next year by the U.N.-sponsored cli- t0 ! mate change panel, which is planning a meeting in Washington in February, and the World Climate Conference scheduled for late 1990, according to the ria- osa f tions' declaration. cau Earlier, Japanese delegates said they were awaiting l e ^ - - A more scientific data on climate change and on the ecoi nomic effects of drastic measures to curb the green- c 0 1 house effect, which is believed by some scientists to J _ be the cause of a slight warming of the earth's atmosphere. 1 Some scientists fear the phenomenon could eventu- L ally lead to the flooding of coastal areas and expan- ^ s sion of deserts. " Carbon dioxide is a major contributor to the green- ; ' house effect. In 1988, the United States accounted for nearly 24 percent of total world emissions of the gas, ajj according to the Dutch Environment Ministry. 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