Industry, greens react to lower expectations for climate talks

By Marianne Lavelle and Kate Willson

Advocates on all sides of the climate change issue are carefully mapping out their next moves, in the wake of the decision by world leaders

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"… they serious or not about this issue?’”Doug Russell, a former climate negotiator for Canada who now works for the industry consulting group PFC Energy and …"

Program to help small farmers now virtually run by industry

By Gil Shochat

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2001 — When Brad Koetz was told that his impressive sunflower yield was unfit for human consumption, he was taken abac

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"… Sources say that Dallas Smith, then a top USDA bureaucrat, removed his top negotiator, Ken Ackerman, during these multimillion-dollar negotiations. This was aft …"

"… egotiationsDuring the Standard Reinsurance Agreement talks, the government negotiators job was simple: Get the best deal for the taxpayer by minimizing the amou …"

"… .Why would Ackerman a man widely respected at USDA and regarded as a tough negotiator be pulled just as the talks were getting off the ground?One thing is certa …"

"… sional sporting events and company-sponsored fishing trips.”Indeed, when negotiator Ackerman tried to curb some of the runaway costs associated with the admin …"

Toward a stalemate in Copenhagen

By Marianne Lavelle

Industry pressures and national agendas dim prospects for a climate treaty

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"… l never be had.From Kyoto to CopenhagenThose fears will be center stage as negotiators from 192 nations gather in Copenhagen this December to forge on …"

"… f the U.S. non-profit Clean Air-Cool Planet and a former climate negotiator as deputy assistant secretary of state during the Clinton Administration. …"

"… cut emissions.Juan C. Mata Sandoval, Mexico’s top climate official and a negotiator for Copenhagen, is frank that one of the business lobby’s chief concerns …"

"… ifiable so they can be built into an international agreement. U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern sees these developments as cause for optimism, even while many …"

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Drug makers' dime funds Congressional travel

By Robert Brodsky

Pharmaceutical companies, affiliated trade groups spent more than $600,000 on trips

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"… of issues.At around the same time Breaux was working with House and Senate negotiators to draft the final bill, Pfizer flew him to New York for a one-day meetin …"

"… e he spoke at a conference. Shortly after, Tauzin was a co-sponsor and key negotiator of the Medicare bill. In 2005, he became the chief executive officer of Ph …"

Iranian help suspected in secret Libyan chemical weapons arsenal

By R. Jeffrey Smith, Joby Warrick and Colum Lynch

U.S. intelligence agencies investigating Iranian involvement with newly-discovered stash of chemical weapons in Libya

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"… jani, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader and the brother of Iran's former negotiator on nuclear issues, denied the allegation. "I believe such comments are bei …"

Former U.S. nuclear commander startles with proposal to cut weapons arsenal by 80%

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Squabbling in Washington intensifies as a former nuclear force commander urges 80% reduction in the arsenal.

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"… Zero project. The report was also endorsed by Richard Burt, a former arms negotiator under President George H.W. Bush, and by Thomas Pickering, Bush’s a …"