Treasury Secretary Nominee supports Kyoto

[greenman3610]

Treasury Secretary Nominee Says Failure To Ratify Kyoto Undermines U.S. Competitiveness


President Bush’s new nominee for Treasury Secretary, Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr., not only endorses the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse emissions, but argues that the United States’ failure to enact Kyoto undermines the competitiveness of U.S. companies. Here’s a statement from the Nature Conservancy, where Paulson serves as chairman of the board:

The Kyoto Protocol is a key first step to help slow the onslaught of global warming and benefit conservation efforts…Until the United States passes its own limits on global warming emissions, innovative companies based here will lose out on opportunities to sell reduced emission credits to companies complying with the Kyoto Protocol overseas. Additionally, without enacting our own emission limits, U.S. companies will lose ground to their competitors in Europe, Canada, Japan, and other countries participating in the Protocol who are developing clean technologies.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/30/treasury-secretary-kyoto/

[Suich]

1. Just a guess, but.....

I bet that gets retracted by Friday!!!

:hi:

[panader0]

2. I heard that too

Wonder what he had to do to get the job. bush doesn't want anyone with those heretical beliefs.

[amitten]

3. Wow. That's like a Trojan Horse.

But with good stuff inside.