Paulson is also Chairman of the Nature Conservancy, an environmental activist group that endorses the Kyoto Treaty that would require the U.S. to make economically-drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to combat the scientifically-unproven global warming threat.
As head of the Nature Conservancy, Paulson often made decisions that benefited the Conservancy at the expense of Goldman and its shareholders,” said John Carlisle, policy director at the National Legal and Policy Center. “Based on his private sector record, Paulson simply can’t be trusted as Treasury Secretary to faithfully adhere to important Administration policies on Kyoto and the environment.”
“The Goldman board failed to respond to questions about the apparent conflict-of-interest between Paulson’s environmental agenda and his management of the company,” noted Tom Borelli of the Free Enterprise Action Fund. “You do not want someone serving as a cabinet officer who has a habit of indulging his environmental hobby at the expense of his financial responsibilities.”
“President Bush took the right step in not committing the United States to a treaty that would likely cost millions of American jobs to address an unproven global warming threat,” said Steve Milloy of the Free Enterprise Action Fund. “Henry Paulson would undermine the Administration’s ability to counter global warming alarmism.”
I guess I was under the impression that Paulson was nominated to Treasury, not Interior or the EPA.
Was I mistaken?