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DNC: Goodnight Bush Grist talks to the authors of a parody hailing the end of Bush's reign	Kate Sheppard	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Many people are familiar with the children's book Goodnight Moon. They might not be familiar with Goodnight Bush, the unauthorized parody hailing the coming end of the Bush presidency. In it, authors Erich Origen and Gan Golan, both of California, ponder the many things the Bush administration's rule could have said 'goodnight' to. 'Good night earth? ... Good night old growth trees?' it asks. I found the pair selling their books here in Denver, and asked Origen wha ...
Topics: George Bush, books, Democratic National Convention, politics, Muckraker, video (all these topics)

Send in the Marines! President Bush exploring creation of massive marine sanctuaries in Pacific		26 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:56 AM on 26 Aug 2008 On Monday, President Bush took the first step toward protecting three unique marine areas in the Pacific Ocean that are under U.S. jurisdiction, including waters around the Mariana Islands, Rose Atoll in American Samoa, and other coral reefs and atolls in the central Pacific. If all of the proposed areas are eventually protected, it would add 891,000 square miles of m ...
Topics: George Bush, news, oceans, politics, United States (all these topics)

Bush's puppets EPA administrator Stephen Johnson neglects his federal oath	Joseph Romm	26 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- Some of us had high hopes for Stephen Johnson when President Bush appointed him in March 2005 as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Johnson was not a former oil-industry lobbyist or Halliburton executive. He was a career civil servant who had been with the federal government for 24 years. He was a scientist, not a ...
Topics: California, Department of Interior, George Bush, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Econ 101: The CliffsNotes A refresher course on economic principles for the right	Jason D Scorse	18 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The other day, President Bush, in response to a question as to why he has not pushed more for energy conservation, responded that the American people are smart enough to figure it out on their own. This prompted conservatives at the National Review to call for a 'Dubya-Love Moment' in honor of what they perceived as the straight-talking truth! It is truly amazing that a philosophical movement once filled with some of the smartest minds in economics now wears econo ...
Topics: economy, energy efficiency, fossil fuels, George Bush, politics (all these topics)

Hog heaven, part 1 Increased offshore drilling does not substitute for national energy policy	Joseph Romm	14 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. When it comes to energy policy, Amory Lovins has proven again and again that he's a pretty smart guy. At the moment, nothing seems more insightful than one of Amory's comments in the May/June issue of Mother Jones. Asked what energy policies the next president should champion, Lovins was skeptical. He believes energy policy will continue to be mad ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, George Bush, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Tanks, but no tanks Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling signed by his father	Kate Sheppard	14 Jul 2008	Gristmill
President George Bush will announce this afternoon that he is lifting the executive ban on offshore drilling that has been in place since his father, George H.W. Bush, signed an executive order as president in 1990. The move is mostly symbolic, however. Unless Congress repeals its long-standing ban on offshore drilling, nothing will change. The executive order Bush intends to repeal bans oil companies from exploratory drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf. L ...
Topics: George Bush, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Notable quotable We're number one!	David Roberts	10 Jul 2008	Gristmill
'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter!' -- President George W. Bush, bidding farewell to the G8 meeting with a joke, upon which 'Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock
Topics: G8, George Bush, international politics, politics, quotables (all these topics)

Did you know Bush has reduced emissions in the U.S.?	David Roberts	06 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Wow. (Thanks LL!)
Topics: George Bush, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, video (all these topics)

Happy 4th!	David Roberts	04 Jul 2008	Gristmill
It's almost over.
Topics: funnies, George Bush, holiday, politics, video (all these topics)

Summit like it hot G8 leaders head to Hokkaido where Bush and his sherpa will provide climate guidance	Kate Sheppard	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
On Monday, George W. Bush will travel to Hokkaido, Japan, for his eighth and final G8 summit, where climate change is likely to be the subject of heated (ahem) talks. At last year's meeting, leaders agreed to seriously consider a goal of cutting global greenhouse-gas emissions 50 percent by 2050. But the Bush administration continues to resist mandatory targets, and in a speech on Wednesday, Bush made sure to again emphasize 'technologies' over regulation. 'I'll ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, George Bush, international treaties, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Jon Stewart on EPA and email	David Roberts	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Nobody but Stewart could do this justice:
Topics: brilliance, dumbassery, funnies, George Bush, politics, US EPA, video (all these topics)

Sun block Bush places moratorium on new solar projects on public land	Joseph Romm	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In a parting shot at the competition for its fossil fuels supporters, the uber-lame (duck) Bush administration 'has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years.' Drilling for oil and gas, even in pristine areas -- hey, we�re former oil company executives. Leveling mountains in beautiful West Virginia -- we�re all for it. Toxic metals from mining -- bring �em o ...
Topics: George Bush, politics, public lands, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

'A massive, fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy' I think Friedman is upset with Bush	David Roberts	22 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Mustache kicks ass today. He says it's 'hard for [him] to find the words to express what a massive, fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy' Bush is backing, but he manages fairly well. Extra kudos for highlighting the absurd refusal of Republicans to renew the PTC and ITC. One ommission: he doesn't mention that John McCain is out on the campaign trail pushing the drilling uber alles policy as we speak.
Topics: energy, George Bush, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

White House covers Johnson Bush invokes executive privilege to shield EPA administrator from subpoena	Kate Sheppard	20 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was set to vote today to hold U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and Susan Dudley of the White House Office of Management and Budget in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents related to recent controversial decisions on smog and California's request for an emissions waiver. But it appears their friend in the White House swooped in this morning to block the committee's subpoenas for those docum ...
Topics: George Bush, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Putting Lipstick on a Rig Backing up McCain, Bush calls for ending offshore drilling moratorium		18 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 6:36 AM on 18 Jun 2008 President Bush has joined John McCain in calling for an end to the offshore drilling moratorium that's been in effect for most U.S. waters since the early 1980s. Bush's reversal on the offshore-drilling issue follows on the heels of McCain's big energy speech in Houston on Tuesday, where he advocated offshore drilling as a way to lower energy prices. Industry analysts ...
Topics: gas prices, George Bush, John McCain, news, oceans, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, United States (all these topics)

Mildly different Are McCain's environmental views really so far from Bush's?	David Roberts	17 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller says, "On the environment ... Mr. McCain has strikingly different views from Mr. Bush." Is that true? Bush wants unstinting federal support and pork for the nuclear industry. He supports "clean coal." He is against raising CAFE standards on automobiles or boosting efficiency and performance standards on other individual economic sectors. He supports removing the moratorium on offshore drilling. He believes in ...
Topics: climate, energy, George Bush, John McCain, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Notable quotable I procrastinate too, but this is ridiculous	David Roberts	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
'I think we can get a global agreement on climate change during my presidency -- just so you know.' -- President George W. Bush
Topics: climate, dumbassery, George Bush, politics, quotables (all these topics)

The Pentagon that ate America	David Roberts	29 May 2008	Gristmill
There have been some discussions on Grist lately of the military, the military budget, how how militarism relates to sustainability. Everyone interested in those topics should immediately go and read 'Entrenched, Embedded, and Here to Stay: The Pentagon's Expansion Will Be Bush's Lasting Legacy' over on TomDispatch. It is a deeply disturbing -- not to say nightmare-inducing -- story about how the Pentagon has metastasized under the Bush administration. As the clock ...
Topics: George Bush, politics (all these topics)

Making It Better Down Where It's Wetter Bush may designate large marine reserves		26 May 2008	News
Posted at 9:18 PM on 26 May 2008 Hoping to burnish President Bush's conservation legacy, the White House is considering creating some of the largest marine reserves in the world, NPR reports. The plan -- now being discussed, but not a sure thing -- would have Bush use his powers under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create "marine monuments," which would not require the approval of Congress. In 2006, Bus ...
Topics: George Bush, habitat protection, oceans, politics (all these topics)

A penny saved ... Note to Bush, media: Opening ANWR cuts gas prices one cent in 2025	Joseph Romm	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Bush blames Congress' failure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for high gasoline prices. The administration's own Energy Information Administration found otherwise in a 2004 Congressional-requested 'Analysis of Oil and Gas Production in ANWR' (PDF): It is expected that the price impact of ANWR coastal plain production might reduce world oil prices by as much as 30 to 50 cents per barrel [in 2025]. Don't spend it all in one place, American public! (Note t ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, dumbassery, energy, George Bush, oil, politics (all these topics)

Shorter 'stache	Adam Browning	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Shorter Tom Friedman: 'Tax the things we don't want, don't tax the things we do want, and don't be so freakin' stupid.' Amen to that, though his fantasy solution of George Bush being the one to 'get all the adults together in a room and work out a compromise' is a bit odd. Those waiting for that to happen might find this illuminating. I suggest that Tom atone by joining this very excellent organization.
Topics: George Bush, politics, quotables (all these topics)

'ANWR, nukes, more ethanol, new technology, blah, blah, blah' Bush's energy/food strategy unsurprisingly underwhelming	Joseph Romm	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Bush had a press conference yesterday morning to blame Congress for soaring energy and food prices: 'Unfortunately, on many of these issues, all [Americans] are getting is delay.' What does non-delayer Bush propose? Well, of course, new technology -- what else is new old? Heck, he even said the long-term answer was hydrogen. (Not!) Oh, but he did offer some 'short-term' solutions. His answer to rising electricity prices: Nukes! As electricity prices rise, Congr ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, ethanol, George Bush, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics)

Bush goes dark green, endorses local food Nonsensical nuggets from the prez's press conference	Joseph Romm	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill
George W. Bush -- dark green? I kid you not. Here's what he said in his press conference today: One thing I think that would be -- I know would be very creative policy is if we -- is if we would buy food from local farmers as a way to help deal with scarcity, but also as a way to put in place an infrastructure so that nations can be self-sustaining and self-supporting. It's a proposal I put forth that Congress hasn't responded to yet, and I sincerely hope they do ...
Topics: food, George Bush, local food, politics (all these topics)

A Tough Drill to Swallow President Bush stumps for ANWR drilling and dirty-energy expansion		29 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:17 PM on 29 Apr 2008 In a speech Tuesday, President Bush aimed to pacify Americans' concerns about skyrocketing fuel and food prices with the assurance that it's all Congress' fault. Bush advocated tackling energy prices by throwing environmental protection to the winds (in not quite those words), urging Congress to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and rah-rah-ing new ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, coal, dumbassery , energy, George Bush, news, nuclear power, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

OPEC chief joins $200 oil chorus Bush, Big Oil offer more of the same	Josh Dorner	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Yesterday, David noted comments by an oil analyst who predicted $200 oil by 2012. Today, that analyst was joined in his prediction by none other than the chief of OPEC, Chakib Khelil (who's also Algeria's energy minister). Mr. Khelil's comments were not date-specific, though this article leads me to believe he was thinking $200 oil could come much sooner than 2012. Meanwhile, we saw more of the same from both President Bush and Big Oil.For its part, Big Oil bega ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, Big Oil, energy, George Bush, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

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