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Are you better off than you were eight years ago? CEPR compares pre- and post-Bush economic indicators	David Roberts	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
In the final 1980 presidential debate, Ronald Reagan famously ended with a question to the American public: are you better off now than you were four years ago? The folks at the Center for Economic and Policy research wondered, what would our answer be today? So they pulled together a whole range of economic indicators and compared today's numbers with the numbers from eight years ago, at the beginning of the Bush administration. The results are ... striking. Check ...
Topics: economy, George Bush, green jobs, health, politics (all these topics)

Appoint of no return Regulation-loathing Cheney aide nominated for key Energy Dept. post	Kate Sheppard	25 Sep 2008	Gristmill
With the nation's attention turned to the financial crisis, the White House today announced that the president intends to nominate F. Chase Hutto III, a senior aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, as assistant secretary for policy and international affairs within the Energy Department. Hutto, who has been a leading opponent of environmental regulations within the administration, would be in charge of the department's policies on climate change -- if he is confirmed b ...
Topics: Department of Energy, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Offshore, Ya Betcha Dems will let offshore drilling ban expire		24 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 10:13 AM on 24 Sep 2008 House Democrats, out-stubborned by Republicans, will allow the 26-year-old congressional ban on offshore oil and gas drilling to expire on Sept. 30. Dems will not attach a provision to ban offshore drilling to a stopgap spending bill that's expected to swiftly pass Congress and be signed by President Bush. The prez had made it clear that he would veto the bill if it included language upholding the ba ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Congress, energy, George Bush, John McCain, legislation, news, offshore drilling, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

We're the real cowboys We need some qualified public leaders	Jim Goodman	10 Sep 2008	Gristmill
It strikes me that many of the problems we run into on a daily basis are caused by people doing a job for which they are not fully qualified. At the top of the list, I'm afraid we must place those we elect to office and those they appoint to government service positions. We have all run across the bad restaurant meal: a cook who wasn't so good; an owner who didn't get fresh ingredients; a wait person who ruined the meal with bad service. How about the salesper ...
Topics: environmental justice, food, agriculture, politics, George Bush (all these topics)

Us, neglect renewable energy?	David Roberts	09 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Perish the thought!
Topics: video, George Bush, White House, politics (all these topics)

RNC: Beaming Bush In convention address via satellite, out-going prez calls for offshore drilling	Kate Sheppard	02 Sep 2008	Gristmill
President George Bush just addressed the convention via satellite from the White House, after deciding coming to the convention during Hurricane Gustav might not be the best plan. The crowd was pretty enthusiastic about the president's address, despite hard feelings among plenty of people here about Bush's legacy. Bush made a joke about how voting for McCain is 'trading up.' And he made sure to talk up McCain's pro-drilling stance: 'He will lift the ban for American ...
Topics: Muckraker, Republican National Convention, news, politics, George Bush (all these topics)

We Must Decrease Our Gustav Oil platforms off La. fare OK under hurricane; wetlands, not so much		02 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 10:39 AM on 02 Sep 2008 Louisiana's people and property fared better under Hurricane Gustav than had been feared, but acres of valuable wetlands were likely irrevocably destroyed. "The last thing on anyone's mind during a hurricane is how the wetlands are going to do," says activist Aaron Giles. But since happy and healthy wetlands act as storm barriers, "wetlands are a criti ...
Topics: energy, George Bush, habitat loss, Louisiana, news, oil and gas drilling, severe weather, wetlands (all these topics)

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: books, Democratic National Convention, George Bush, Muckraker, politics, 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)

Monument What He Said Cleanup funding inadequate for Bush-designated marine monument		11 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:42 AM on 11 Aug 2008 Remember when President Bush designated the world's largest protected marine area in Hawaii in 2006? Environmentalists cheered, fish clapped their fins, and Bush aides crossed "burnish green reputation" off the presidential to-do list -- but the aftermath has been underwhelming. Tons of debris drift into the 140,000-square-mile Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monumen ...
Topics: George Bush, habitat protection, Hawaii, news, oceans (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)

The cruel offshore-drilling hoax, part 1 EIA maintains offshore drilling gains will be negligible	Joseph Romm	11 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The GOP and McCain/Bush keep insisting that an end to the federal moratorium on (some) offshore drilling is a major solution to America's oil woes, even though Bush's own energy analysts make clear it is not. That Energy Information Administration analysis is, however, a couple of years old, so I called up the author today and asked if it was being updated. Turns out a new version will be published in a couple of days, but she explained to me that the 'answers are no ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, George Bush, John McCain, offshore drilling, oil, oil and gas drilling (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)

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