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“The Bush administration has no plans to ease its opposition to national limits on greenhouse gas output despite talk that a change may be under consideration, a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday. ‘The president has said continually said that one of reasons he doesn’t like a mandated cap is because it has the potential to move jobs overseas and hurt the economy,’ said Kristin Hellmer, spokeswoman for James Connaughton, the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Growing concerns about global warming have prompted California, Arizona and seven Northeastern states to take steps to bypass President George W. Bush and set their own greenhouse limits.” (09/29/06)