Jonathan Hiskes 
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Jonathan Hiskes is a Grist staff writer. He reports, tweets, eats, asks questions, self-promotes, looks out windows, and wonders if it could be like this.
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Cash for Clunkers brought us ... more clunkers! 14
Posted 3 days, 8 hours agoSo how did Cash for Clunkers work out from an environmental standpoint? Don't ask. The most common deals swapped old pickup trucks for new pickup trucks that got only marginally better gas mileage.TIME TO TOON IN
Climate psychology in cartoons: clues for solving the messaging mystery 3
Posted 3 days, 20 hours agoGetting Americans to wake up to the reality of climate change is no easy task. But experts at Columbia University believe a mix of psychology, anthropology, and behavioral economics can help, and they've written a guide with cartoons showing how.notable quotable
Washington governor isn't falling for big geoengineering fixes 1
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago"There is no silver bullet. There is only golden buckshot."well suited for the job
Grass people invade Congress as Senate hearings wrap up 3
Posted 1 week, 3 days agoThe three-days of hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill are now over. Sen. Barbara Boxer wants to commence voting in committee next Tuesday. Republicans are threatening to boycott the proceedings. And an astroturf circus in the House!cheerful, huh?
Children and riot police face off in Canadian "Moms" video 4
Posted 1 week, 3 days agoThe Canadian campaign Moms Against Climate Change just released a disturbing short video. And its website will grab your attention too.
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Keep an eye on the Fortune 1,000 you mention--many of them do think a workable climate plan is in their financial interest. The salient question is whether to merely protest corporate influence in policymaking or whether to bend that influence toward something useful.On ‘No compromise’ faction attacks climate bill posted 1 month, 1 week ago 104 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Auden Schendler makes the argument, in Getting Green Done, that corporate greenwashing can be good if it presents an opportunity to hold companies accountable. It lets consumers say, "So you're claiming to be green. Here's how to really do it..." I don't completely buy this line of thinking--wouldn't honesty/transparency be a better place to start? But I like the idea of seeing greenwashing/localwashing as an opportunity for progress, rather than something to get all huffy about.
On 'Localwashing' in pictures -- bogus marketing at its finest posted 2 months ago 32 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
What seems most notable to me (from the poll):
"Solar and wind power enjoy near-universal support; nine in 10 people support further development. More than eight in 10 favor requirements for greater fuel efficiency. Broad majorities also favor requiring increased energy conservation from businesses and consumers."
90 percent and 80 percent is a lot of support.
On Post/ABC poll shows oil-and coal-funded efforts to kill clean energy are failing posted 2 months, 1 week ago 1 ResponseClick here to view comment in original post
Great thoughts. They're highlighted here.
On Coal coloring book teaches kids all about dirty energy posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago 8 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Grist gives no "seals of approval," and if we did we'd reserve them for truly revolutionary items like the cap-sac.
On Is this a green home? posted 3 months, 1 week ago 21 Responses