Greenhouse-Gas Limits Touted by Industry to Congress

The most detailed proposal yet by industry and environmentalists to reduce U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions will call for raising the costs of new coal plants and rewarding nations for protecting forests.

Rio Tinto Group, General Electric Co. and U.S. electricity producers will present the proposal tomorrow to a congressional committee and recommend


Congress will hear the plan five days before President-elect Barack Obama takes office on a promise to cut the amount of greenhouse gases released in the U.S. by 80 percent from 1990 levels in 2050. The U.S. Climate Action Partnership