Clinton and the National Security Shield for Military Carbon
A 1998 backgrounder kept secret for decades shows how the White House engineered treaty exemptions to hide the energy footprint of the Defense Department
By Harlan Pryce ·
Climate Diplomacy
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 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 ·