Between 2006 and 2010, according to official targets, emissions of big industrial pollutants are supposed to drop by 10%, and energy efficiency is supposed to rise sharply in the same period.

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Last month, the EPA unveiled a scaled-back version of regulations it proposed last year targeting emissions of pollutants from industrial boilers after being deluged with letters and comments.

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The treaty, named after Kyoto, Japan, the city where it was negotiated and signed in 1997, calls for industrial nations to reduce greenhouse gases by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants believed to contribute to global warming.

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