http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2006/nov/16/111602904.htmlNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Bush administration will watch closely how California and other states and nations carry out their "cap-and-trade" systems reining in global-warming gases, the chief U.S. negotiator said Thursday.
"We welcome the pursuit of these different strategies and we want to see how they evolve," Undersecretary of State Paula J. Dobriansky said in an interview with The Associated Press at the U.N. climate conference.
She didn't rule out the possibility the United States might end its opposition to mandatory caps on carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming.
Her comments came on a day when environmentalists at the annual two-week conference, entering its final two days, said the Democratic takeover of Congress signals that climate will grow into a major U.S. political issue next year.
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