Question

Who in the Clinton administration addressed global warming and climate change?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

1. Vice President Al Gore

During his vice president years, Al Gore was a person that addressed environmental issues, including global warming and climate change.

• In 1994. he launched the GLOBE program
• In 1998. he promoted Deep Space Climate Observatory, a satellite that would provide a constant view of the world and the weather programs.
• He was a strong supporter of the Kyoto Protocol that was involved with reducing greenhouse gases.

After his term, he remained (and remains to this day) a strong supporting climate change activist. As a prize for his work in support, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

2. He wanted to keep White House staff communications confidential.

Bush and his administration used the doctrine of executive privilege to withhold the documents from Congress, strengthening the power he, as president, had.

He said that "for the president to perform his constitutional duties, it is imperative that he receive candid and unfettered advice and that free and open discussions and deliberations occur among his advisors and between those advisors and others within and outside the Executive Branch. "

In this quote we see he wanted to have open, confidential discussion among his advisors and staff, without Congress and people outside of the White House interfering, so his advisors would be unaffected. That is why he relied on his constitutional right to invoke executive privilege for that occasion.

Bush declared that it was his constitutional right to invoke executive privilege and refuse to respond to subpoena, but that was more of a reason why he didn't have to respond. The reason he actually refused and invoked was that he wanted to keep communication and information confidential.