Greenhouse Pact

The US Senate, citing concerns that a treaty limiting release of greenhouse gases will place an undue burden on the economies of the world's industrial powers, voted 95-0 to ask the Clinton administration not to sign it. The central concern: that developing countries, including China, Mexico and South Korea, will not have to abide by the pact's air-pollution limits.

The US Senate, citing concerns that a treaty limiting release of greenhouse gases will place an undue burden on the economies of the world's industrial powers, voted 95-0 to ask the Clinton administration not to sign it. The central concern: that developing countries, including China, Mexico and South Korea, will not have to abide by the pact's air-pollution limits.