Enron lobbyist: Kyoto 'historic CORPORATE achievement'

"The intense lobbying paid off. (Ken) Lay became a member of president Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development, as well as his friend and advisor. In the summer of 1997, prior to global warming meetings in Kyoto, Japan, Clinton sought Lay’s advice in White House discussions.

• The fruits of Enron’s efforts came soon after, with the signing of the Kyoto Protocol.

An internal Enron memo, sent from Kyoto by John Palmisano, a

• former Environmental Protection Agency regulator who had become Enron’s lead lobbyist

as senior director for Environmental Policy and Compliance, describes the

• historic corporate achievement that was Kyoto."...

"Enron's Other Secret," National Post by Lawrence Solomon, 5/30/09