Hank Paulson: Use Free Trade to Fight Climate Change

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Date

Jan. 12, 2009

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Media Highlight

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Wall Street Journal

Keith Johnson summarizes Treasury Secretary Paulson’s discussion about curbing greenhouse gasses at RFF’s recent Policy Leadership Forum.

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