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Poorer Nations Object To Industry Greenhouse Curbs

Developing nations objected on Wednesday to possible curbs on greenhouse gases produced by industries such as steel or cement, telling US-led climate talks that too strict standards could throttle their companies. Other countries expressed worries that such targets, championed by Japan as a possible element of a planned new UN climate treaty beyond 2012, should only be a complement to big cuts in emissions of gases led by industrial nations.