The Waxman-Markey climate change bill calls for the United States Government to pay billions of dollars to developing countries to protect their carbon-sequestering forests. The avoided emissions would potentially add 10 percent in emissions reductions to
Lisa Jackson, the new Administrator of the EPA, joins The Takeaway to explain the Agency’s plans. Also joining the conversation is Congressman Fred Upton, a Republican Congressman from Michigan, with his opposition to the bill.
