Boxer wants U.S. to host energy summit

UNITED NATIONS – The head of the Senate’s Environment Committee called on the White House Friday to hold a summit grouping the 12 largest greenhouse-gas emitting nations.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record)’s comments came on the heels of a report released by a U.N.-sponsored panel of climate scientists which said there was little doubt the man-made emissions are to blame for global warming.


“I’m calling on the federal government of the United States of America to be a model of energy efficiency,” said Boxer, who was at the
United Nations for a briefing on the report and the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region.

“I’m calling on the president to convene a summit at the White House of the 12 largest global warming emitters. She added that she would bring over some of the scientists who issued the report to brief the Senate.

AP