<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for McCain promotes eco-cred, while his advisers push for more Bush-style policies]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by josullivan58 http://www.grist.org/article/truth-laid-bear/ Wed, 14 May 2008 05:24:52 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/truth-laid-bear/1 Don't tell McCain adviser Kevin Hassett

that "Polar Bear to Be a Protected Species"

Via NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Polar-Bear. ...

]]> Don't tell McCain adviser Kevin Hassett

that "Polar Bear to Be a Protected Species"

Via NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Polar-Bear. ...

]]> Comment #2 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/truth-laid-bear/ Wed, 14 May 2008 06:01:16 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/truth-laid-bear/2 "fundamentally changed"

For the better, no?

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

]]> "fundamentally changed"

For the better, no?

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

]]> Comment #3 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/truth-laid-bear/ Wed, 14 May 2008 15:07:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/truth-laid-bear/3 Advisors Advise


McCain is receiving advice from many quarters.   Today, it looks as if a successful decision from the standpoint of Grist and environmentalists was reached.

That doesn't mean that people cannot continue to argue and debate.   There was no delay: polar bears are now a threatened species.

That can be used as a pivot to enact the type of far reaching environmental policies that McCain advocates.

Still, I think Kevin Hassett raises a good number of points about the role of the polar bear in the ecosystem, some of which I have made myself, and I read his article with interest.   In the end, do I want polar bears around...sure, why not...the kids like 'em!

But, Greens must now move from outside the windowed "Greenhouse", throwing rocks in...to living inside it, and taking the full consequences (and rewards) for their advise.

It's only fair.

Texeme.Construct(Participant)


]]> Advisors Advise


McCain is receiving advice from many quarters.   Today, it looks as if a successful decision from the standpoint of Grist and environmentalists was reached.

That doesn't mean that people cannot continue to argue and debate.   There was no delay: polar bears are now a threatened species.

That can be used as a pivot to enact the type of far reaching environmental policies that McCain advocates.

Still, I think Kevin Hassett raises a good number of points about the role of the polar bear in the ecosystem, some of which I have made myself, and I read his article with interest.   In the end, do I want polar bears around...sure, why not...the kids like 'em!

But, Greens must now move from outside the windowed "Greenhouse", throwing rocks in...to living inside it, and taking the full consequences (and rewards) for their advise.

It's only fair.

Texeme.Construct(Participant)


]]> Comment #4 by Tasermons Partner http://www.grist.org/article/truth-laid-bear/ Wed, 14 May 2008 17:55:49 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/truth-laid-bear/4 Significant delay, actually...

There was no delay: polar bears are now a threatened species.

Actually, there was significant delay.  Under federal law, listings for the ESA can only take 12 months, no longer.  This one took more than 15 months.

And the only reason they made it when it did, rather than delay further, was because the courts said they had to make a decision by May 15 or face consequences.

]]> Significant delay, actually...

There was no delay: polar bears are now a threatened species.

Actually, there was significant delay.  Under federal law, listings for the ESA can only take 12 months, no longer.  This one took more than 15 months.

And the only reason they made it when it did, rather than delay further, was because the courts said they had to make a decision by May 15 or face consequences.

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