Jonathan Hiskes’s Posts

• The senator formerly known as maverick

  John McCain's troubles are the world's troubles 3

  Posted 1 day, 6 hours agoThe U.S. Senate can't do much without senators like John McCain. The United States can't do much without the Senate. The world can't do much with out the U.S. The world needs a mavericky McCain.

• Unusual suspects

  15 people worth watching in Copenhagen (a slideshow!) 2

  Posted 2 days, 3 hours agoHere are 15 people who wield outsize potential to shape the outcome, or to shape the narrative that affects the outcome. And two you can safely ignore.

• CRASH COURSE

  Copenhagen 101: The essentials on the climate talks 2

  Posted 2 days, 4 hours agoWhat is this whole Copenhagen thing? Can it really save the world in two weeks? We explain all -- without being boring. Really!

• THE SOUND OF PROGRESS

  One doctor’s quest to sound the alarm on ‘wind turbine syndrome’ 57

  Posted 5 days, 19 hours agoNina Pierpont argues that wind turbines create inaudible but dangerous sound. Out of all the obstacles wind energy faces—the up-front costs, the competition from subsidized fossil fuels, the aesthetic objections--this shaky claim has become one of the least likely and most annoying problems for the industry.

• More clunker debunkers

  Cash for Clunkers brought us ... more clunkers! 29

  Posted 2 weeks, 2 days 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.

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  Fascinating, hopeful stuff, but I want examples. What big social changes have actually played out like this?On Copenhagen: Getting past the urgency trap posted 3 days, 6 hours ago 4 Responses

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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, 2 weeks ago 104 Responses

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  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, 2 weeks ago 32 Responses

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  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, 3 weeks ago 1 Response

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  Great thoughts. They're highlighted here.

  On Coal coloring book teaches kids all about dirty energy posted 3 months ago 8 Responses