Sources: Clinton to name climate change envoy [View All]

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Source: AP

By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer – 3 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday will appoint a special envoy for climate change as the Obama administration moves to restore America's credentials in environmental policy, U.S. officials familiar with the decision said.

Clinton will name Todd Stern, a former White House assistant who was the chief U.S. negotiator at the Kyoto Protocol talks in her husband's administration, to the post, the U.S. officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a planned midday State Department ceremony where Clinton will announce the appointment.

The appointment comes as President Barack Obama announced new policies to allow states greater latitude in limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

The Bush administration had come under fire for failing to act on climate change, walking away from the Kyoto Protocol on grounds it favored large developing nations like China and India, and refusing to allow states to bolster some environmental regulations.

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