Date

Jul 29, 1999

Description

Duncan Marsh forwards responses to letters from environmental groups in preparation for a meeting on carbon sinks and related issues. This includes a summary by Frank Loy and Roger Ballantine, on pages 3 and 4, of national security exemptions secured during the third Conference of Parties, and the work by the IMO and ICAO to reduce bunker fuel emissions, reporting of said emissions, and other matters. Dan Benton, a DOD representative, is mentioned on page 5 as receiving Loy and Ballantine’s memorandum. One of the responses, from the US Climate Action Network and affiliated groups, includes a discussion of bunker fuels, on page 11, and calls for closing the “international bunker fuel loophole.” The latter is a reference to the military exemptions gained by DOD at the third Conference of Parties.

Source

Clinton Library FOIA

Document published in following posting(s):

Climate Change and the Military: Examining the Pentagon’s Integration of National Security Interests and Environmental Goals under Clinton

May 26, 2022

Memorandum, Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Office of Global Change, Duncan Marsh to David B. Sandalow, NSC Council on Environmental Quality, Subject: Clearance Request on Draft Response Letters to NGO