MIGHTY DUCK:

G-8 joins Bush in compromise on global warming: Germany's Merkel leads others in agreeing to a looser stance toward meeting emissions limits sought by Europeans. (James Gerstenzang, 6/08/07, Times)

Leaders of the largest industrial nations agreed here Thursday to a compromise on efforts to combat global warming that had been sought by President Bush.

Participants in the Group of 8 summit, led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, yielded to Bush's insistence that although new talks were necessary to deal with climate change, the summit must not order specific steps and targets to reduce the greenhouse gases widely blamed for rising temperatures. Bush has sought goals rather than mandatory steps.