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 Stories About: Bill Clinton AND carbon tax AND carbon trading AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND international politics AND politics
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Clinton Global Initiative: Clinton chats with the press
Bill Clinton wanted a carbon market back in the day, and he still does |
Brian Beutler |
27 Sep 2007 |
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| Bill Clinton just gave a short speech and took a few questions from reporters. Some highlights: When they were in office, Bill Clinton and Al Gore wanted to create a global carbon market. At the time, Europe thought the idea undesirable and unfeasible and didn't offer any support. The effort failed. Now, years down the line, the world is a different place and the idea has much more purchase. Clinton, when asked for his thoughts on this, managed to turn all of his ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics (all these topics) |
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