It was a good start, and necessary too Pomerance had the sinking feeling that the momentum of the previous year was beginning to flag. The censoring of Hansens testimony and the inexplicably strident opposition from John Sununu were ominous signs. So were the findings of a report Pomerance had co
When the beaten delegates finally emerged from the conference room, Becker and Pomerance learned what happened. Bromley, at the urging of John Sununu and with the acquiescence of Britain, Japan and the Soviet Union, had forced the conference to abandon the commitment to freeze emissions. The final s
sacrificing present convenience to forestall a penalty imposed on future generations. When I asked John Sununu about his part in this history whether he considered himself personally responsible for killing the best chance at an effective global-warming treaty his response echoed Meyer-Abich. It