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Same as it ever was Thoughts on Bush's latest speech on climate change	David Roberts	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
The whole media world is in a frenzy, yet again, over a Bush speech on climate change. A new strategy! An effort to secure a legacy! Exciting new principles and goals! Even my own bosses are pressing me to come up with a thoughtful reaction. Sigh. I hate to be the party-pooper. But we've been here before. How many times does Lucy expect us to try to kick this football? Here are the three things you need to know about Bush's speech -- the same three things you neede ...
Topics: climate, economy, George Bush, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, regulation, shenanigans (all these topics)

Bush on climate President Bush's speech on climate change, 16 April 2008, as prepared for delivery	David Roberts	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Just over the transom, from the White House: This afternoon the President will deliver a statement in which he sets a new intermediate national goal for stopping the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. The President's announcement comes as this week's Major Economies Meeting in Paris begins to lay the groundwork for the world leaders' climate meeting to be held in conjunction with the upcoming G-8 Summit. The President's remarks will also inform the ...
Topics: climate, economy, George Bush, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Don't Beat Around the Bush Bush prepares to give climate speech		15 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 12:56 PM on 15 Apr 2008 As suspected, President George W. Bush will spell out a strategy for cutting greenhouse-gas emissions in a speech today. According to a White House official, "He'll set a national economy-wide goal of stopping the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025," but will decline to outline a specific plan. Bush will reportedly also say that he wants to put the brakes on greenhouse-gas emission ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, George Bush, legislation, news, politics (all these topics)

Bush to give speech on climate change strategy	David Roberts	15 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Just over the wires from AP: President Bush is giving a Rose Garden speech on Wednesday on climate change to lay out the way he thinks the U.S. can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. White House press secretary Dana Perino says that Bush will not outline a specific proposal, but instead will spell out a strategy for long-term goals for curbing emissions. Bush wants every major economy, including China and India, to establish a national goal for cutting the emiss ...
Topics: climate, George Bush, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics)

For Earth Day, Bush claims to want climate solutions Analysis: Bush announcement attempt to subvert action	Brad Johnson	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill
As David mentioned, The Washington Times reported today that 'President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming, and will lay out principles for what that should include.' However, 'it is not clear exactly what Mr. Bush will propose.' Although this announcement comes as we head into the Earth Day weekend, Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino claimed it's just a coincidence. Stephen Dina ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, George Bush, jackassery, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Bush to push for climate legislation?	David Roberts	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill
This is in the Washington Times, so take it with a very large grain of salt: President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming, and will lay out principles for what that should include. Specifics of the policy are still being fiercely debated, but Bush administration officials have told Republicans in Congress that they feel pressure to act now because they fear a com ...
Topics: climate, George Bush, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Here, Have a Grain of Salt Bush may turn about-face, ask Congress to address climate change		14 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 10:14 AM on 14 Apr 2008 President Bush may soon announce that he wants Congress to pass a climate-change-fightin' bill, and will lay out suggestions for what that should include as early as this week, according to the Washington Times. Republican Congressfolk reportedly are cautioning the administration not to go too crazy. The U.S.-led climate group of major economies meets this week in Paris, ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, George Bush, legislation, news, politics (all these topics)

George W. Bush: the President of Mars Take care of Earth before ruining other planets	Joseph Romm	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- One of the great ironies of our time is this: We have learned to walk on the Moon, but we haven't yet learned to walk on the earth. It is an irony that is fast devolving into a tragedy. Since the first man landed on the Moon in 1969, we have continued dumping greenhouse gases into the earth's atmosphere and making our planet less habitable. ...
Topics: climate, George Bush, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Note to Newsweek McCain is closer to Bush than to the Democrats	Brad Johnson	07 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the Think Progress Wonk Room. Newsweek's cover story on the presidential candidates and global warming quotes UC Berkeley energy professor Dan Kammen, a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)'s presidential campaign: It's unusual to have a Republican candidate who openly disagrees with the Bush administration on the need for capping carbon emissions. There's more disagreement with the current administration than with each other. The idea t ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, George Bush, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Bush Whacked President Bush interfered to weaken U.S. ozone standards		14 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:39 AM on 14 Mar 2008 President Bush interfered at the last minute to weaken the recently announced U.S. ozone standards, according to EPA documents. On Wednesday, the EPA set both the "public health" standard (how much ozone is in one place at one time) and the "public welfare" standard (consideration of the long-term effect of ozone) at the same level. Before Bush interfered, the agency planne ...
Topics: air pollution, George Bush, health, jackassery, news, ozone, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

Where's Grover Norquist when you need him? Bush raises taxes on hikers and campers, mysteriously leaving logging companies alone	Glenn Hurowitz	07 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Bush won't slash subsidies for raise taxes on oil companies, but he's happy to raise taxes on hikers and campers. But I'm sure Grover Norquist will hold him accountable for this apostasy. Reeling from the high cost of fighting wildfires, federal land agencies have been imposing new fees and increasing existing ones at recreation sites across the West in an effort to raise tens of millions of dollars. Additionally, hundreds of marginally profitable campsites and ...
Topics: George Bush, logging, national parks, politics (all these topics)

How can we make the war in Iraq more eco-friendly? The Onion with another masterful satire	Sarah K. Burkhalter	07 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Oh, Onion. You make me laugh and want to cry: In The Know: How Can We Make The War In Iraq More Eco-Friendly?
Topics: funnies, George Bush, international politics, Iraq, politics (all these topics)

Is it still disinformation if the speaker believes it's true? Bush's keynote at WIREC surpasses misinformation	Joseph Romm	07 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Scholars have been debating that question for ages, along with 'If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around, does it make a sound?' and 'Why don't we see any baby squirrels?' and 'What the heck is happening on ABC's Lost?' (BTW, if anyone actually knows what the heck is happening on Lost, how Sayid ends up being Ben's hitman (!), let me know -- I still believe the 'island is purgatory' theory -- it certainly is for viewers -- even though it has been debunked b ...
Topics: energy, George Bush, politics (all these topics)

Look! An invisible unicorn! What powers I have! Bush touts his climate leadership	Sean Casten	07 Mar 2008	Gristmill
I have nothing pithy to add to this story, but only because the inanity of the quotes is so hard to top. From Restructuring Today ($ub req'd) (my emphasis on the good bits):Bush touts climate accomplishments of his administration March 6, 2008 Contrary to popular opinion, America is in the lead on global climate change and clean energy technology, President George Bush told the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference in the nation's capital yesterday ...
Topics: energy, George Bush, legislation, nuclear power, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

How high must oil go before we end subsidies? Bush's refusal to consider clean technologies could be repeated by McCain	Joseph Romm	06 Mar 2008	Gristmill
So, who said: With $55 oil we don't need incentives to oil and gas companies to explore. There are plenty of incentives. Yes, that would be our president, three years ago. And yet with oil at nearly twice that price, Bush still refuses to cut subsidies and shift that money to clean technologies. And he still claims that the solution to our energy and climate problems is 'technology, technology, technology, blah, blah.' But, as we've seen, that is all just rhetoric ...
Topics: Big Oil, business, energy, George Bush, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Everything Old, and Nukes Again Bush talks up nukes, ethanol, and technology at renewable-energy meeting		06 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 6:58 AM on 06 Mar 2008 President Bush addressed a renewable-energy conference in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, repeating earlier declarations that the United States is dependent on oil and that investment in technology will solve the country's energy problems. "[W]e've got to reduce our dependence on oil and fossil fuels, and replace them with alternative energy sources to powe ...
Topics: biofuels, George Bush, news, nuclear power, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

Bush: Not a Gristmill reader President hails cellulosic ethanol as a panacea	Tom Philpott	06 Mar 2008	Gristmill
I'm offended: President Bush evidently hasn't been following my string of posts about how cellulosic ethanol probably won't ever be viable. Addressing a renewable-energy conference, the president fretted that the ethanol boom he set in motion is 'beginning to affect the price of food.' He added: 'So we got to do something about it.' And what we 'got to do,' evidently, is throw more cash at cellulosic ethanol. Here's how The New York Times summed up his statement: ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, energy, ethanol, George Bush, politics (all these topics)

Bush's sleight of hand Renewable energy subterfuge	Joseph Romm	05 Mar 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay by Daniel J. Weiss and Nick Kong. It was originally published on the Center for American Progress website. ----- Photo: whitehouse.gov 'Watch what we do, not we say,' Attorney General John N. Mitchell accurately warned at the dawn of the Nixon administration. This could also be a fitting epitaph for President Bush's energy policies. Despite frequent claims of support for renewable energy over the years, the record show ...
Topics: climate, energy, George Bush, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	29 Feb 2008	Gristmill
'Oh, yeah? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.' -- President George W. Bush, upon hearing that numerous analysts are predicting $4/gallon gasoline
Topics: quotables, energy, oil, George Bush (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	20 Feb 2008	Gristmill
'I think actually the spending in the war might help with jobs. ... I think this economy is down because we built too many houses, and the economy is adjusting.' -- President George W. Bush, demonstrating his economic acumen
Topics: economy, George Bush, quotables (all these topics)

Sign of the Times Bush will sign economic stimulus bill sans green incentives		11 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 11:09 AM on 11 Feb 2008 President Bush will sign an economic stimulus bill Wednesday, meaning you may have a check winging your way after tax time. Not included in the bill: funding for clean-energy credits and green jobs, which were dropped from the Senate version after narrowly failing to get enough votes. Undeterred, Democrats in the House of Representatives may introduce separate legislation this week tha ...
Topics: business, George Bush, legislation, news, politics (all these topics)

Letter Drip Scientists write to Bush and Pelosi asking for biofuel-policy reform		08 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 12:35 PM on 08 Feb 2008 In light of recent studies showing that biofuel production ain't good for the environment, 10 prominent ecologists and biologists have written to President Bush and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking that the U.S. reform its biofuel-boosting policies. Seeing as the Bush administration has a track record of being very responsive to scientists' entreaties, we have no doubt that the mas ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, George Bush, Nancy Pelosi, news, politics (all these topics)

Bush: the uncompassionate, anti-technology president Dubious 2009 energy budget released	Joseph Romm	05 Feb 2008	Gristmill
On the heels of giving away the (decorative) centerpiece of his climate technology effort, NeverGen FutureGen, Bush released a heartless and mindless FY09 energy budget yesterday. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent around an email on the President's Budget Request for FY2009 (I will post budget details later). Bingaman is 'pleased to see overall growth in the DOE budget, particularly in the area of basi ...
Topics: climate, energy, George Bush, politics, tech (all these topics)

At Least He Recycles Bush rehashes same ol' environmental ideas in final State of the Union speech		28 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:18 PM on 28 Jan 2008 In his last State of the Union address on Monday night, President Bush called for "an international agreement that has the potential to slow, stop, and eventually reverse the growth of greenhouse gases." But don't get excited -- he hasn't done a 180 on the Kyoto Protocol. "This agreement will be effective only if it includes commitments by every ma ...
Topics: George Bush, politics (all these topics)

We're Getting the Shakes President Bush asks OPEC to boost oil production		15 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:15 PM on 15 Jan 2008 President Bush, on a trip to Saudi Arabia, has urged the key member of OPEC to boost oil production. "Oil prices are very high, which is tough on our economy," said Bush. "I would hope, as OPEC considers different production levels, that they understand that if ... one of their biggest consumers' economy suffers, it will mean less purchases, less gas and oil sold." Tran ...
Topics: energy, George Bush, international politics, news, oil, politics, Saudi Arabia (all these topics)

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