A 1999 memo shows how the Clinton administration sought to weaponize the vulnerability of drowning island states to sway a skeptical public while leveraging energy markets.
By Theo Marchetti ·
To save the Kyoto Protocol from a hostile Senate, energy officials sought loopholes in carbon accounting and voluntary promises from China and India—a strategy detailed in a memo kept from public view for years.
By Theo Marchetti ·
The public was told funds for greenhouse gas reduction were failing in Congress, while the government expanded secret surveillance and ignored a collapsing energy grid.
By Marcus Boone ·