ClimateWire: For environmentalists, the name Chuck Hagel is synonymous with America's abandonment of the world's only climate change treaty.
But with Hagel facing myriad attacks as President Obama's likely nominee for secretary of Defense, the man who helped kill the 1997 Kyoto Protocol is now getting a wary embrace from the very policymakers who crafted and backed the agreement.
Environmental leaders and former aides said they aren't aware of Hagel holding any strong environmental convictions. Still, several...