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RNC: McCain camp pits Obama v. Palin in new ad
Truth about oil support is blurred in new McCain ad |
Kate Sheppard |
03 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Before Sarah Palin's VP nomination acceptance speech tonight, the McCain campaign released a new ad, 'Alaska Maverick.' It compares Palin to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama: 'She has a record of bi-partisan reform,' it says. 'He's the Senate's 'most liberal.'' 'She took on the oil producers,' it continues. 'He gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways.' The accusation that Obama 'gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways' is somewhat ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin, video (all these topics) |
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Voters' Voices: Virginia II
Talking with voters in central Virginia about the environment and the election |
Melinda Henneberger |
29 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is part of a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Stanardsville, Va. -- A harvest moon is rising over the cornfields on the last night of the Greene County Fair, just hours before the carnival rides are packed up and the local politicos break down the vast GOP tent, where yard signs and balloons are being handed out, and the much smaller ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Virginia, Voters Voices (all these topics) |
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DNC: Obama's speech, in photos
Scenes from Mile High Stadium |
Kate Sheppard |
29 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Here are some photos I took from the crowd at Mile High Stadium on Thursday night for Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention: |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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DNC: Barack star
Obama calls out climate and energy in his big acceptance speech |
Kate Sheppard |
28 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Barack Obama.Photo: Alex Brandon / AP Thursday's much anticipated acceptance speech by Barack Obama was less like a political event than a rock concert. Except you've never seen people quite this excited at a rock concert. Obama took the stage before 75,000 fans waving flags, stomping, and screaming. Among the many issues he addressed in his long, winding oration, he pledged to confront the duel challenges of climate change and energy independence. 'For the sake ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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DNC: Al systems go!
Al Gore says Barack Obama is the man to solve the climate crisis |
Kate Sheppard |
28 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Al Gore. Al Gore, one of the headline speakers this evening at Mile High Stadium, spoke at length about the challenges of climate change and energy. 'We are facing a planetary emergency, which is not like anything we have experienced in the history of humankind,' he said. Gore emphasized that there's a common answer to the triple threats of climate change, the economic crisis, and the energy crunch. 'The solutions to all three require us to end our dependence on ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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DNC: Waiting for the main event
Obama to tout clean coal, nuclear, and renewables in his big speech |
Kate Sheppard |
28 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| David and I are in Invesco Field, among tens of thousands of delegates, reporters, and Denver residents awaiting Barack Obama's acceptance speech tonight. We're glad to be inside -- outside the line snakes more than a mile out from the stadium. They're expecting more than 75,000 attendees tonight, and the security line is a giant mess, according to folks we know still waiting outside. So far we've seen a whole list of party higher-ups, including Speaker of t ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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DNC: On the platform
Delegates approve platform that embraces Obama's energy plan |
Kate Sheppard |
25 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Democratic Party today approved a platform that embraces presidential candidate Barack Obama's energy policies. Included in it is his call for tax rebates to families struggling with high energy costs. In an op-ed in the Denver Post today, John Podesta and Timothy Wirth argue that the platform doesn't go far enough on energy issues. Podesta is president of the Center for American Progress and former chief of staff to President Clinton, and Wirth is president of ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Joe environment
Enviros generally pleased with Biden's record on environmental issues |
Kate Sheppard |
23 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Joe Biden. Photo: Michael Millhollin In a 3 a.m. blast of emails and text messages, Democrat Barack Obama announced that his selection for a vice presidential candidate is Delaware Sen. Joe Biden. And, for the most part, representatives from the environmental community were pleased with the news they awoke to Saturday morning. During his 35 years in the Senate, Biden has been most active on the Foreign Relations Committee, which he now chairs. But in tha ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, Joe Biden, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Springfield has sprung
Barack Obama and Joe Biden make their first public appearance as ticket mates |
Kate Sheppard |
23 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 'We literally can't afford four more years of this non-energy policy, relying on hostile foreign countries ... literally putting America's security at risk,' said Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, in his first speaking engagement as Barack Obama's vice-presidential candidate today in Springfield, Ill. 'Barack Obama and I believe -- we believe with every fiber of our being -- that there is not a single solitary challenge that we cannot solve if we level with the American pe ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, Joe Biden, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Biden: his time
Barack Obama selects Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate |
David Roberts |
23 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Joe Biden. Photo: senate.gov Barack Obama's running mate will be Joe Biden. Here's a fact sheet on Biden's environmental record. Grist interviewed Biden in August 2007, when he was running for president. He said this about dealing with climate change: To deal with global warming, you have to change the attitude of the world, particularly China and India, the two largest developing nations. But in order to do that, to have any credibility, you have to be ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Joe Biden, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama's energy and climate advisors
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Joseph Romm |
22 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Greenwire ($ub. req'd) has published a detailed list of who is advising Obama on energy and environment policies, which I am reprinting below the fold. Obama, an Illinois Democrat, has a notably deep bench of experts to help him answer key questions on energy prices, oil drilling and global warming I know most of them well, and they are A-listers with deep experience in and out of government. During the Clinton administration, I had the pleasure to work with both ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Veep fatigue
Pull the trigger, Barack! |
Kate Sheppard |
22 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Barack Obama could drop his VP announcement at any minute. Which is what we've been hearing all week, except now there are fewer minutes between the present and his big shindig in Springfield, Ill., tomorrow afternoon, when he's supposed to appear with his new running mate. What we do know is that at some point in the next 24 hours, he'll unleash a flood of text messages and emails to supporters unveiling his selection. Grist promises the full green scoop after Obama ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Environment America endorses Obama
Exclude: Another green group backs the Democratic presidential candidate |
Kate Sheppard |
20 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Environment America today became the latest green group to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. 'Sen. Obama has publicly committed to fully addressing the pressing problem of global warming and moving the United States toward a new energy future,' said Margie Alt, executive director of Environment America. 'He has made clean energy one of the top issues of his campaign, and as a public servant representing Illinois at the state and federal level ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, environmental movement, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Veep-stakes
Everyone's talking about Obama's VP pick |
Kate Sheppard |
20 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Barack Obama is expected to reveal his vice presidential selection sometime this week, possibly as soon as today, though it's looking like a campaign event in Springfield, Ill. on Saturday is the most likely location for an announcement. If you've turned on cable news in the past few days, the pundits have been jabbering non-stop about who he might select. Most speculate that the running is probably down to four possible candidates: Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, Kansas Gov ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Putting lipstick on a rig
McCain visits an oil rig, repeats call for more offshore drilling |
Kate Sheppard |
19 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Hurricane Dolly blew away John McCain's planned visit to an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico last month, but the senator made another go at it today. On a Chevron-operated rig 150 miles off the coast of Louisiana, McCain reiterated his call for more offshore drilling and bashed his opponent for not being enthusiastic enough about oil exploration. 'Sen. Obama opposes new drilling,' said McCain (who himself opposed new offshore drilling until this summer). 'He has said ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The doomed fate of climate change legislation
In either an Obama or McCain adminstration, climate legislation will be back-burnered |
Jason D Scorse |
19 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Just months ago there was a palpable sense of optimism that no matter who is elected president this November that the U.S. would soon embark on serious climate change legislation. I think recent events have shown that the chances of that happening are slim to none. Let's start with if McCain is elected. Today the senator from Arizona is going to do a photo-op on an oil rig because he has become the biggest champion of increased drilling this side of the Middle ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, carbon trading, climate, John McCain, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Demergy
Energy in the Democratic platform |
David Roberts |
18 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Here's a selection from the Democratic platform (PDF), final draft released Friday. What do you think? --- New American Energy In the local platform hearings, Americans talked about the importance of energy to the economy, to national security and to the health of our planet. Speaking loud and clear, they said that America needs a new bold and sustainable energy policy to meet the challenges of our time. In the past, America has been stirred to ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, energy, fuel efficiency, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Voters' Voices: Virginia
Talking with voters in northern Virginia about the environment and the election |
Melinda Henneberger |
15 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is part of a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Reston Town Center. Reston, Va. -- If Virginia were a person, it would look a lot like Rod Markham, a federal contractor, retired from the Army, who's leaning ever so slightly toward Obama but is still of two minds about the presidential race. "There's a part of me that wants so bad ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Virginia, Voters Voices (all these topics) |
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Gauging virtue
After the tire gauge fiasco, Obama's counterpunch should equate McCain with Cheney |
Joseph Romm |
15 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- An old friend of mine used to say that at a certain stage in political campaigns, dead cats start flying through the air. I've never understood what he meant by that, but I think the cat-flinging has begun. Both candidates are doing their share, but one exchange deserves special analysis: The attack against Barack Obama's comment abou ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy at home, oil, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Party Is as Party Does
Democratic party platform outlines green goals |
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14 Aug 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:33 AM on 14 Aug 2008 The Democratic Party released its national platform Thursday ahead of its upcoming convention in Denver. While the health-care section is Hillary-esque, most sections, including those environment- and energy-related, echo the calls that Barack Obama has made throughout his campaign. The section "New American Energy" declares that Dems will create up to 5 million jobs in the green-ene ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The vow of silence is broken
Media finally tells public about the real roadblock to good energy policy |
David Roberts |
12 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Holy hot dog hosannas, I don't believe it! Finally someone in the mainstream media has seen fit to share with the public one of the basic facts necessary to understand the energy politics of the last two years: Senator McCain did not show up for the crucial vote [to extend the renewable tax credits] on July 30, and the renewable energy bill was defeated for the eighth time. In fact, John McCain has a perfect record on this renewable energy legislation. He has m ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Veep impact
The pro- and anti-coal contenders on Obama's veep shortlist |
Frank O'Donnell |
11 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A commentary on vice presidential prospects by Eric Schaeffer, director of the Environmental Integrity Project, and Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch. ----- As presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama prepares to make perhaps his most important campaign decision -- his choice of a running mate -- two governors are said to be on the short list: Tim Kaine of Virginia and Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas. Both are smart and popular. Both ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Waste not, want not
Obama campaign targets McCain's support of dumping nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain |
Kate Sheppard |
11 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama released a new ad over the weekend in Nevada, targeting Republican rival John McCain's support for dumping nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. 'Imagine trucks hauling the nation's nuclear waste on our highways to Yucca Mountain,' the ad says. 'John McCain supports opening Yucca. He's not worried about nuclear waste in our state -- only in Arizona.' The ad then replays video of a May 2007 interview with McCain in whic ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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An ad campaign of Olympic proportions
Obama clean-energy ad will air during Olympics coverage |
Kate Sheppard |
08 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Thought the Olympics might bring some reprieve from election season? Think again. Today Barack Obama rolled out his $5 million ad campaign that will run during Olympic coverage on NBC, focusing on a clean energy economy. 'The hands that built this nation can build a new economy,' says the ad, as it shows images of people working on solar panels, wind farms, and other eco-friendly projects. It repeats the candidate's pledge to create 5 million green jobs, and ple ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, Muckraker, news, Olympics, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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'I'm not a historian'
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David Roberts |
07 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Hilarious: (via TPM) |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, dumbassery, energy, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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