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Sao Paulo, Brazil
Greenpeace urges the leaders to discuss the solutions to the global climate crisis and not be distracted from the necessary next steps in the U.S.: a cap on U.S. carbon emissions and increased fuel efficiency for U.S. vehicles.

Supporters held a demonstration in Sao Paulo as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met with U.S. President Bush to discuss biofuels and ethanol.

Greenpeace activists occupied a large stone monument in Sao Paulo and unfurled a banner reading "Bush and Lula- Ethanol is Not Enough. Stop Global Warming."

"The United States is a laggard on this issue, and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases on the planet," said John Coequyt, energy campaigner with Greenpeace USA. "The U.S. government must take a giant leap forward quickly in order to make the necessary steps to combat global warming. An aggressive focus on ethanol, without a federally mandated cap on emissions, is simply a leap sideways," he added.

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