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James M. Jeffords: “One politically significant event that particularly dismayed me was the President's modification of his campaign pledge…”

On the recordDecember 20, 2001
One politically significant event that particularly dismayed me was the President's modification of his campaign pledge to reduce emissions of four major pollutants, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury and carbon dioxide, emitted by power plants. In March, he wrote to several Senators telling them he would no longer support mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide, an important greenhouse gas. This struck me as a return to a 1950s-style energy and environmental policy. On a more optimistic role, however, that reversal and the administration's unilateral withdrawal and disengagement from the international negotiations to implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol has created more interest and activity on this matter than ever on Capitol Hill and in the media.
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Discussing the President's change in policy on emissions reductions and its implications for climate change legislation.

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