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In a surprise move on July 27, President Bush announced a new six-nation pact on global warming. In a statement, the president said: "The United States has joined with Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea to create a new Asia-Pacific partnership on clean development, energy security, and climate change." Details about the new partnership are sketchy, but according to a White House fact sheet, the parties to the agreement pledge on a voluntary basis to develop and use technologies that increase energy security while decreasing emissions of so-called greenhouse gases. "This new results-oriented partnership will allow our nations to develop and accelerate deployment of cleaner, more efficient energy technologies to meet national pollution reduction, energy security, and climate change concerns in ways that reduce poverty and promote economic development," the ...