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WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House has told a group of House GOP conservatives it may be forced to support a limited cap on greenhouse gases and avoid a "train wreck" of regulations involving climate change, sources familiar with the meeting said Monday.
A range of options presented at a meeting last week between senior White House officials and a group of Republican lawmakers was aimed at gauging the reaction to a possible shift of Bush administration policy on climate change.
"The meeting was set up to float a few trial balloons" and it did not go well, with some participants viewing it as "political appeasement" on global warming, said a GOP operative who was briefed on the meeting. He said, given the response, the White House may be retreating on the issue.
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