[Harlan] Watson has spent the past week in Montreal touting the administration’s record on climate change. He said there is no reason the United States and other countries that oppose mandatory carbon dioxide limits should have to talk about what should be done once the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to cut global greenhouse gases by 7 percent by 2012, expires.

Watson’s position and the environmentalists’ reaction should hardly be surprising — considering his apparent popularity with the oil industry.

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