Bill Richardson and the 1998 Pivot to Industrial Climate Diplomacy
Developing nations were offered technical aid as a lure to join a post-Kyoto regime, while Washington fought a quiet war over who would own the climate portfolio.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson and the 1999 Plan to Trade Natural Gas for Moral Leadership
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 ·
Bill Richardson and the 1999 Strategy to Trade Carbon Sinks for Senate Votes
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 ·
Bill Richardson and the 2000 Budget Gap for Climate Energy
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 ·