Hank Paulson defends the impossible
MARK WILSON/Getty Images News It’s not easy defending the Bush administration’s delaying tactics on climate change, but U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson made a go of it this morning. Asked by an aggressive Tom Brokaw about whether Republicans in the U.S. Congress are doing anything on climate change, U.S. Treasury Secretary paused for a second, ...
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It’s not easy defending the Bush administration’s delaying tactics on climate change, but U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson made a go of it this morning.
Asked by an aggressive Tom Brokaw about whether Republicans in the U.S. Congress are doing anything on climate change, U.S. Treasury Secretary paused for a second, and conceded dryly that there is a “wide variety of knowledge” on the Hill about the issue.
Asked about a global deal based around binding emissions targets, proposed by Tony Blair, Paulson said, “it just depends on what your expectations are.”
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