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The article reports on the withholding of its endorsement on climate pact in G-7 meeting by U.S. Topics discussed include environmental policy of U.S., political alliance, green house gas emission policy, climatology law and legislation, bilateral trade agreement, foreign policy of U.S. and global climate change policy.

The article looks at climate change policy in the U.S., discussing the opposition of many Republicans in the U.S. Congress to U.S. President Barack Obama's proposal for a pollution trading scheme to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, called cap and trade. It suggests this opposition is ironic, as Republicans have typically espoused market-based solutions to problems in lieu of government regulation.

Discusses the climate policy of United States President George W. Bush. Reference to a U.S. statement on climate change issued in 1989, which asserted the urgency of reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Refusal of Bush to accept the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty on climate change; View of Bush that there is no conclusive scientific proof to support mandatory emissions reductions; Details of Bush's climate plan, which many scientists view as risky in light of the threat of global warming.