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After the break, the Crimson took control of the contest, scoring once in the third quarter to pull even at 2. Harvard beat Bucknell goalie Mandy Bynum three times in the fourth to cap off the 4-0 second run and the 5-2 victory...
...Such deals are the heart of the "cap and trade" system for greenhouse-gas emissions that forms a pillar of the Kyoto accord on climate change, which goes into effect this week. Under the scheme, the total emissions of developed nations are limited, or "capped" at a fixed level, and each nation assigns a number of CO2 allowances to its major carbon-emitting sectors; companies that have unused allowances (as a result, for example, of antipollution improvements) may sell their excess allowances to companies that need them. Theoretically, the wisdom of the marketplace will lower the cost of reducing harmful...
Shortly before leaving for Trieste, I met at the White House with Condi Rice, the President's National Security Adviser. I made sure she knew I would be touting the President's campaign commitment to a mandatory cap on carbon dioxide, and she agreed that this was a sound approach. I also checked with the office of the White House chief of staff and got the green light as well. In Trieste I confronted a good deal of skepticism about the Administration's intentions on global climate change. But I assured my G8 counterparts that the President's campaign commitment...
...plane to come home, an effort was being launched to persuade the President to reverse himself. Before I had left for Italy, the White House office of legislative affairs had started to hear complaints about statements I had made regarding the President's support for a carbon dioxide emissions cap, and the Administration had begun a review of the campaign promise. Once I repeated those statements at the G8, those opposing that proposal had shifted into high gear. While I was writing my memo to the President, four Republican Senators--Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Larry...
...President's office and senior staff from other departments, including the departments of Energy and Commerce, was using the California energy crisis to justify a reversal. Since half of the nation's energy needs are met by burning coal--the biggest producer of carbon dioxide emissions--they predicted a cap would reduce the availability and raise the cost of coal-generated power, at least in the short term. They asserted that the country's energy supply would be seriously disrupted unless the President reversed his position...