US and China Working Towards Biofuels Pact

The US and China are working on a pact to promote the use of ethanol and other biofuels to reduce harmful emissions and could announce an agreement as early as next month, according to US officials.

Following a meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing this week, Assistant US Energy Secretary Alexander Karsner says they are likely to meet again in Indonesia next month to discuss a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol, writes the Associated Press.

China, along with the US, is the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide and has so far rejected caps on emissions.

By staff writer