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NYT breaks story on CO2 regulations ... after two years of Grist coverage 12

Back in mid-January, Kate covered Lisa Jackson’s confirmation hearing, in which Jackson promised to move ahead on the CO2 endangerment finding:

  On climate change, Jackson said she would have the EPA declare whether greenhouse gases pose a danger to humankind and need to be regulated—an action mandated by the Supreme Court, but put off by the Bush administration. "When that finding happens, when EPA makes a decision on endangerment, let me put it that way, it will indeed trigger the beginnings of regulation of CO2 for this country," she said.

Then, this past Tuesday, Kate covered the fact that Jackson announced the beginning of the endangerment finding process.

Back in December, I posted some thoughts on regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act.

At the beginning of February, the folks from the Constitutional Accountability Center wrote two excellent posts (here and here) on the politics and mechanics of regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act.

Our own Sean Casten has published at least two interesting posts (here and here) on the technical and legal challenges of regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act.

And on Tuesday, I posted an extensive analysis of the politics and mechanics of regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act.

Meanwhile, today, The New York Times finally got around to covering the story.

And lo! The blogs are suddenly abuzz with the news! Friends are emailing me the article! "Did you know about this?!" Our own commenters are saying "This will be the top story here on Grist tomorrow."

Yeeeeaaaaaaaargh!

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. Ted Clayton Posted 6:40 am
    19 Feb 2009

    "Hey Vince! ... "There is an old cartoon 'out there', which I suspect picks up on & repackages an earlier (itself uncited..) theme.
    In the cartoon, Vincent van Gogh is trundling along a pastoral lane with all his painting paraphernalia  gathered about himself.  He has encountered an ordinary clod-hopper peasant, whom we can tell is actually an intelligent & engaged person.
    The peasant is saying, "Hey Vince!  Up the road ... the field on the right, freshly plowed ... the black velvet ... furrows marching into perspective ... the play of light ...".  The light is slowly coming on for Vince.
    I saw & read Kate's entry, then I saw & read your follow-up analysis.  Both scooped the 'big boys'.  Nice to have proof & affirmation, huh?
    I did not chime in on these posts because a.) you have both done a lot more backgrounding for this story than ... not only I have, but that I have the resources to do, and b.) because I have the sense that this is the opening pages of a 'novel' that actually will be 'written as we go'.  In between those 2 side-rails, EPA-ese is a daunting massif to approach, just on general principles.
    I am happy to see the confirmation that 'messing around on blogs' is really the sharper & leading source to give one's attention.
    Congratulations!

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    Bart Anderson Posted 7:32 am
    19 Feb 2009

    Yes, butYes, Dave, but now it's *RESPECTABLE* !
    (Good work, the message is now in the mainstream.)

    Bart


    Energy Bulletin

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  3. christophersj Posted 8:47 am
    19 Feb 2009

    OhOh, I guess my deleted post means that I did misinterpret the novelty of the NYTimes article?  OK.

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    David Roberts Posted 9:00 am
    19 Feb 2009

    What deleted post?

    grist.org

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  5. amazingdrx Posted 9:21 am
    19 Feb 2009

    Copy before you hit post ChrisInternet glitches have eaten some of my finest wisdom, hehey.  

    http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

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  6. christophersj Posted 9:24 am
    19 Feb 2009

    PostIts entirely possible that I had a bad connection on this end and it just didnt go through.
    I was postulating that there may still have been something newsworthy that the NYTimes article added to your already strong reporting.
    I was thinking that the Jackson interview, and the White House supportive statements, had a much more formal sounding tone to it:  indicating that it was no longer just a "idea" that they might go forward with this, but that it was a sure thing -- formally.
    But I defer to you on this because I'm being bad and working/reading/posting all at the same time. :-)

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  7. amazingdrx Posted 9:25 am
    19 Feb 2009

    Yeah wellYou know the Wright brothers story right DR?  The NYT took four years to report their successful flight.  That's good company!  Wilbur and Orville.

    http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

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  8. christophersj Posted 9:32 am
    19 Feb 2009

    Dick Cheney I wonder if Cheney is reading it.

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    ids Posted 11:25 am
    19 Feb 2009

    bfdObama pledges to look at a policy!  Seems like slow news day.  Maybe they don't have the boner for Barack y'all do.

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    JMG Posted 12:06 pm
    19 Feb 2009

    Isn't NYT indy?I was wondering about the term "independent" media.  It seems like Grist and the NY Times have pretty much the same funding model -- ads and money from subscribers/donors while the content is given away free on line.  
    As far as I know, the Grey Lady is as "independent" as any media outlet is --- probably more than many.  
    What does the term "independent" signify here?

    The 5% Project



    Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay.

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  11. archigeek Posted 2:06 am
    20 Feb 2009

    Hmm, Well, Grist isn't owned by General Electric, fer instance.

    The mellotron is your friend.

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  12. amazingdrx Posted 2:31 am
    20 Feb 2009

    Information is grist for the progressive millBefore Grist I would look in the NYT first, now I quickly zoom to the latest eco-news months or years before the times features it.
    A huge increase in basic intellectual productivity, that's got to be good for everything.
    Think about it.  What if news producers had Grist on their screens instead of Drudge?

    http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

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