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Federal Judge OKs Global Warming Lawsuit - SF Gate:
Environmental groups and four U.S. cities can sue federal development agencies on allegations the overseas projects they back financially contribute to global warming, a judge has ruled.

3 States Seek Emissions Pact - Washington Post
A day after nine northeastern states pledged to reduce local electric utilities' carbon dioxide pollution by 10 percent over 15 years to combat global warming, California officials said they hoped to outpace their eastern counterparts in a yet-to-be-negotiated pact with Oregon and Washington. Representatives of the three western states plan to meet in Sacramento in mid-September to hash out the details.

Mayors Seek Regional Plan on Power Plant Gas Emissions - New York Times
The mayors of more than 40 cities in the Northeast have urged the governors of New York and eight other states to quickly adopt a regional plan to regulate greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming, saying in a letter yesterday that climate change "poses significant threat to the people and communities of the Northeast."

Nine states review proposal to enforce emissions cuts - Financial Times

US states bypass Bush to tackle greenhouse gas emissions - Guardian

US states plan to cut emissions - BBC
Officials in nine north-eastern US states have reached a ground-breaking preliminary deal to reduce power plant emissions, a US newspaper has reported.