GLOBAL WARMING (2/14/92)

    Environmental leaders predicted disaster from the Bush 
administration unwillingness to require a 20% reduction in carbon 
dioxide emissions, the heat-trapping gas blamed for 
raising global temperatures. They said without U.S. support from an 
international global warming treaty, next week's climate 
negotiations and June's Earth summit will fail. The administration 
favors allowing countries to devise independent strategies to reduce 
greenhouse gases,including methane and nitrous-oxide.

    -- from USA TODAY's National News Network

