by Chip Giller
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What a difference a day makes
Day of Climate Action shows power of web organizing. Join us! 2
Posted 1 month ago The 350.org campaign has gone viral in recent weeks, in the lead-up to the International Day of Climate Action. There will be more than 4,000 events in almost 170 countries on Oct. 24—pretty much every place that isn’t Burma or North Korea. Join author/activist Bill McKibben, Grist founder Chip Giller, and people around the globe to demand real climate action. Read More -
Beyonce deserved this more ...
Wow: the Heinz Award (or, hands off my mic, Kanye!) 4
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago Grist founder Chip Giller offers a heartfelt thanks for being honored with a 2009 Heinz Award. Read More -
GOP leader: the idea that CO2 is harmful to environment is “almost comical” 5
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago Here's Rep. John Boehner, the Republican leader in the House, talking to ABC's George Stephanopoulos today: "George, the idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you’ve got more carbon dioxide." Read More -
French Toast
Sarkozy spanks Obama on climate 0
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How to Green Your Friendly Neighborhood Monopoly
What should Microsoft do on climate? 5
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago Rob Bernard, Microsoft's smartie-pants green dude, says the company has serious ambitions on energy and climate change. Read More -
Taxation with representation
Friedman uses perch at Gray Lady to push for carbon tax 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago Tom Friedman says cap-and-trade is in truth a form of taxation. But taxes don't suck. Why don't Dems and the adminstration just tell it like it is and push for something more straightforward: a carbon tax. Such a tax, he goes on to say, should be pitched as a way of renewing the American economy -- seeding an industry of clean energy -- and as a necessary means of protecting America's place as a top dog in the world. -
Happy Anniversary
Welcome to the new Grist! 106
Posted 8 months ago This year marks Grist's tenth anniversary! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we've redesigned our site. (We'll also be passing out glasses for a sparkling organic-cider toast at some point, so don't run off to the powder room.) -
Brains of Steele
Titular head of GOP says we’re in period of global cooling 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago Republican Naitonal Committee Chair Michael Steele says that global warming is really "global cooling." Read More -
The Architect speaks
Karl Rove says history to view Bush as ‘far-sighted leader’ 25
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago Here is how The Architect describes President Bush's environmental legacy:On energy, the environment, and climate change, [Bush] is developing a new paradigm. Emphasizing technology, increased energy-efficiency partnerships, and resource diversification, his policies are improving energy security and slowing the growth of greenhouse gases without economy-breaking mandates and regulation. The president who won criticism by rejecting the failed approach of Kyoto has implemented policies that enabled the United States to grow its economy by 3.1 percent and reduce the absolute amount of CO2 emissions (by 1.3 percent).
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Motor City audacity
Obama speech indicates new day is here 10
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago Dave gives Obama's speech short shrift. I would argue that this speech -- taking it to the automakers on their home turf, apparently to some applause -- is a big-time deal. The same could be said of the speech what Dave wrote in starry-eyed fashion when the outlines of the TXU deal became public: "The 'tipping point' concept is cheap from overuse these days, but to me this is the clearest sign yet that we have entered a fundamentally new stage in the fight against global warming."Sure, the policy recommendations behind the speech may not be the… Read More
