By supporting nuclear energy, the president may be seeking common ground with Republicans who have called for building as many as one hundred new nuclear power centers.

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Their task is to find common ground, including on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, promotion and transfer of new more eco-friendly technology and the necessary funding to make this possible, especially for the less developed and poorer nations.

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In New York, Scott Baker, a novelist and president of Georgist organization Common Ground, began a petition two years ago for New York state to adopt a land value tax.

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Whenever new green regulations are proposed, governments attempt to find common ground between industry and environmentalists.

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Some activists and politicians say common ground could be found in a broad new campaign to curtail unintended pregnancies, but many anti-abortion leaders have shown little interest in this.

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