Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:06 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, April 20
By Christopher Snow Hopkins, NationalJournal.com
1) Todd Stern, President Obama's chief climate negotiator, said yesterday at an international climate change summit in Washington that expectations should not "outstrip what can be done" at talks later this year in Cancun, Mexico (Bloomberg News).
2) Indian environmental minister Jairam Ramesh urged the summit's participants to heal "the huge trust deficit" between rich and poor nations (Politico).
3) The possibility of a stand-alone energy bill has divided the Democratic Caucus (The Hill).
4) Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., "will unveil legislation tomorrow that would again attempt to give new teeth to the Clean Water Act by extending its reach across all of the nation's fresh waters" (Environment & Energy Daily -- subscription).
5) Saudi Arabia and China have established closer diplomatic and commercial ties as Asia's demand for oil spikes (Bloomberg News).
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