Carbon as a commodity

By Marianne Lavelle

Can a $2 trillion 'cap and trade' market fight climate change?

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"… ance firm in the carbon market that’s already active in Europe under the Kyoto treaty, argues that there are ways the United States could already be cutt …"

The climate change lobby explosion

By Marianne Lavelle

Will thousands of lobbyists imperil action on global warming?

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"… otiators took on climate in a deal inked at a United Nations conference in Kyoto, Japan. The reason for the unanimous vote, however, was an issue that pers …"

"… to curb their carbon emissions. The Clinton administration never submitted Kyoto to the Senate for a ratification vote, and President Bush rejected the tre …"

Behind the climate skepticism curtain: The Koch family and the Cato Institute

By Te-Ping Chen

The name of huge oil conglomerate Koch Industries didn’t appear anywhere on the ad the Cato Institute placed in the The Washington Post and

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"… ng book Cato distributed among members of the 107th Congress dismissed the Kyoto protocol and further asked, “Is the way the planet warms something that …"

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Late-breaking suggestions for climate bill pouring in

By Marianne Lavelle

The outline of a federal policy on climate change will begin to take shape tomorrow, as House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry W

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kyoto":

"… nts they make to halt deforestation. So far that’s not allowed under the Kyoto protocol to address global warming because of concerns that forestry initi …"

"… y join in whatever international agreement emerges to replace the expiring Kyoto protocol, which the U.S. never joined. In the United States, the American …"

Explaining the climate change strategy

By Marianne Lavelle

Global warming is bad for public health — that’s the essence of a formal “finding” that the Environmental Protection Agency is set to make l

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"… al negotiations set for December in Copenhagen to draft a successor to the Kyoto treaty on global warming. Congressional leaders would like a bill by then. …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

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"… ent after three decades in the coal mining industry, including stints as a board member of the Utah Mining Association and general manager of Energy West Mining C …"

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The politics of energy: Coal

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2003 — Two months after his inauguration, President George W. Bush surprised some supporters by changing his positio

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"… July 2001, Bush said the United States, along with countries ratifying the Kyoto accord, shared the “goal of reduction of greenhouse gases.” Even befor …"

"… policy analyst Paul Georgia: Bush had undermined his own rejection of the Kyoto Protocol and “given new life” to the treaty, Georgia wrote. The “onl …"

"… the concept as an alternative way to bring developing countries under the Kyoto treaty, because such nations’ unpredictable emission rates and hopes for …"

"… r economic growth made the use of actual emission caps problematical. With Kyoto a dead issue in the Senate, the Clinton EPA began to consider the idea as …"

Bush's new Chief of Staff once fought for polluters

By Brenda R. Mayrack

WASHINGTON, February 2, 2001 — As their top lobbyist, Andrew H. Card Jr. led a $25 million lobbying campaign on behalf of the "Big Three" U.

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"… ed agreement targeting global warmingAs an AAMA lobbyist, Card opposed the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement targeting global warming, which calle …"

"… ustry have a similar environmental agenda, with a shared opposition to the Kyoto Protocol and increased air pollution regulations.According to the Center f …"

Bush's carbon dioxide flip-flop came through staffer who had lobbied for car-exhaust

By Nathaniel Heller and M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2001 — President Bush's decision to abandon his campaign pledge to limit carbon dioxide emissions was routed through a

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"… standards and carbon dioxide pollution levels. The treaty is known as the Kyoto protocol.Hagel got anonymous tipAccording to news reports, Hagel was tippe …"

"… en working on the issue of climate change for four years . . . even before Kyoto” existed. To imply that the letter was influenced by campaign donations …"

"… use said on March 28 that the administration has no plans to implement the Kyoto protocol that the United States signed with other countries in 1997. “I …"

Modest progress expected at climate talks in Cancun

By Marina Walker Guevara

International climate change negotiations resumed today at a UN meeting in Mexico, but gains are expected to be modest and focused on narrow

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"… faces in the next few years.Looming over all this is the expiration of the Kyoto protocol – the landmark 1997 agreement that set binding targets for indu …"

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