Word: carbonization
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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...
...knew many Republicans in Congress, as well as many utility-industry leaders, had voiced opposition to the President's promise on carbon dioxide. So on the plane home, I wrote a memo to the President summarizing the trip. "I would strongly recommend that you continue to recognize that global warming is a real and serious issue. While not specifically endorsing the targets called for in Kyoto, you could indicate that you are exploring how to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions internally and will continue to do so no matter what else transpires." I concluded, "Mr. President, this is a credibility...
...even boarded the 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...
...staff, in concert with the Vice 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...
...President's answer to the appeal sent by Senator Hagel and his three colleagues the week before. In his reply, the President restated his opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, and then added, "I do not believe ... that the government should impose on power plants mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide, which is not a pollutant under the Clean Air Act." By stating that carbon dioxide was not a pollutant, he had issued a stronger repudiation of his campaign position than Hagel and his allies had expected...