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Tabling the presidential discussion, part I: Follow the money How Obama and Clinton stack up on food and ag	Tom Philpott	10 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Now that the Democratic campaign has narrowed to two clear front-runners -- each of whom has managed a surprise victory over the other in a major primary -- the time has come to take a look at how they stack up on food and ag policy.If elected, would these prospective presidents kowtow to Big Food interests -- or work to rebuild local and regional food systems? To gain insight, over several posts I'll compare and contrast Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on three fr ...
Topics: agriculture, Barack Obama, elections, food, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Granite State Update Clinton and McCain win New Hampshire primaries, attract green voters		09 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:42 AM on 09 Jan 2008 Unseasonably warm weather brought out a record number of voters in New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday -- and is it mere coincidence that the majority of them voted for candidates with real plans to tackle climate change? Well, OK, probably yes. Hillary Clinton was the victor on the Democratic side; she's got a strong platform on climate and clean energy (though her main Dem ...
Topics: climate, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, New Hampshire, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Highway to Hill Clinton wins Democratic primary in New Hampshire		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 8:02 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire's Democratic primary, beating Barack Obama by a slim margin and John Edwards by a sizeable one. Clinton has a strong, comprehensive climate and energy plan -- but then again, so do her Democratic competitors. Check out Grist's interview with Clinton and fact sheet on Clinton to get the full scoop on her environmental platform and record. ...
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

New Hampshire results McCain and Clinton win	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I go get my hair cut and look what happens. McCain has won the NH primary with 37 percent to Romney's 30 percent. That's roughly what was expected.The huge news, though, is that Clinton is ahead, with 39 percent to Obama's 36 percent.If Clinton pulls out a win in NH it's going to flip the entire campaign narrative yet again, demonstrating that pundits don't know sht and voters know how to make up their own minds. UPDATE: NPR has called it for Clinton, 39-36. Edwar ...*
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

False hopes Are Obama and Edwards promising ponies?	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Hillary Clinton is getting in lots of trouble for some recent comments, but I suspect that while her message is politically doomed, there's some truth to it. Some background: At the debate, Clinton said that candidates shouldn't be creating "false hopes" among the American people. After the debate, Obama commented that that was like MLK, Jr., mounting the steps of the capitol and saying, "sorry guys, false hope. The dream will die." Then, today, in ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Hillary's poisonous NH cloud Clinton lobbied for tire burning near Granite State	Glenn Hurowitz	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
With the New Hampshire primaries approaching, I thought I'd share this article about how Hillary Clinton's political style has directly affected New Hampshire voters in a way that might shed light on the kind of president she would be. The article was co-written with Friends of the Earth Action president Brent Blackwelder. ----- New Hampshire has for decades struggled to keep its air clean. But during 2005 and 2006, Hillary Clinton's ambitions collided with ...
Topics: air pollution, elections, Hillary Clinton, logging, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08, toxics (all these topics)

Moving money in the economy More on climate policy in the Dem debate	David Roberts	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Responding to some of the comments on Dot Earth: Obama is right that a cap-and-trade program with 100 percent auctioned permits would be the functional equivalent of a carbon tax. Yes that does, in Richardson's rather daft phrase, "take money out of the economy," in the sense that any tax does. Happily, the other half of Obama's plan is to plow the money right back into the economy, reducing the financial hit on the working class, supporting renewable energ ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Clinton v. Obama on energy Clinton hangs 2005 energy bill around Obama's neck	David Roberts	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Quite interesting that Clinton went after Obama specifically on energy tonight: You know, the energy bill that passed in 2005 was larded with all kinds of special interest breaks, giveaways to the oil companies. Senator Obama voted for it. I did not because I knew that it was going to be an absolute nightmare. Now we're all out on the campaign trail talking about taking the tax subsidies away from the oil companies, some of which were in that 2005 energy bill ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The Dem primary endgame The candidacy is Obama's to lose	David Roberts	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill
One hesitates to predict anything in a race this mercurial. But I think it's Obama's to lose at this point. Hillary's pitch was always "experience" and (left unstated) inevitability. It was never the experience that made her inevitable, though. It was something more like Dem voters' loss aversion. She has always been the Establishment Dem -- the known quantity. She didn't inspire people, but she was a safe pick, a model voters understand. She could get to ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Iowa called Huckabee and Obama have it	David Roberts	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Sounds like they've called the Iowa caucuses. Huckabee's the huge winner on the R side, with Romney an anemic second. Obama got a very narrow win on the D side (35%), with Edwards and Clinton effectively tied for second with 31%. Interestinger and interestinger. UPDATE: OK, the final looks like 37% Obama, 30% Edwards, and 29% Clinton. Clinton only won a single age group: 65+ Obama overwhelmingly won the under-30 crowd, which turned out in record numbers. The tota ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

John ... I am your father! Darth Nader endorses Edwards instead of Green Party candidate	David Roberts	02 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Ralph Nader's endorsement of Edwards sure sounds more like an undorsement of Clinton. Questions: Is Nader's endorsal opposition to Clinton more irrelevant to her chances than another Nader presidential run would be, or the same amount of irrelevant? Will this cause Edwards to lose support, as Dem primary voters deploy the sensible heuristic that the opposite direction from Nader's political instincts is the best way to go? Is Cynthia McKinney pissed about ...
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Hillary Clinton frets publicly about CAFOs What must the 'Rural Americans for Hillary' think of this?	Tom Philpott	14 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Days after naming a high-profile champion of factory-style animal farms as co-chair of "Rural Americans for Hillary," Hillary Clinton backtracked a little yesterday. She expressed wan and tepid concern about the environmental and social effects of concentrated-animal feedlot operations (CAFOs). She told the Des Moines Register she would support "local control" over how CAFOs are regulated -- meaning that states and counties would be able to instit ...
Topics: industrial ag, agriculture, politics, elections, presidential race 08, Hillary Clinton, Iowa (all these topics)

Hillary and Big Meat HRC taps a CAFO champion as co-chair of Rural Americans for Hillary	Tom Philpott	11 Dec 2007	Gristmill
"A lot of pig shit is one thing; a lot of highly toxic pig shit is another. The excrement of Smithfield hogs is hardly even pig shit: On a continuum of pollutants, it is probably closer to radioactive waste than to organic manure. The reason it is so toxic is Smithfield's efficiency. The company produces 6 billion pounds of packaged pork each year. That's a remarkable achievement, a prolifigacy unimagined only two decades ago, and the only way to do it is to raise ...
Topics: agriculture, elections, food, Hillary Clinton, industrial ag, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Hostage situation in Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office	David Roberts	30 Nov 2007	Gristmill
CNN has the latest. UPDATE: Just heard on WMUR that the man inside is demanding to speak to Clinton. UPDATE: Two hostages have been released, and according to WMUR, that's everyone -- apparently only the armed man himself remains inside. UPDATE: CNN is reporting that two hostages remain in the building UPDATE: The hostage taker has been arrested. No one was hurt. Glad that's over.
Topics: presidential race 08, politics, elections, Hillary Clinton (all these topics)

Robert's Rules RFK Jr. endorses Hillary Clinton for prez		30 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 2:50 PM on 30 Nov 2007 Erstwhile earth-protector Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president. Effused Kennedy, "Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience to ... reverse the potentially devastating effects of global warming." With her bare hands! source:� Associated Press From the Archives Crop Phooey. Pesticide use on crops drops in California, but fumigant use ...
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Robert Kennedy Jr. ...	David Roberts	30 Nov 2007	Gristmill
... has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Wonder how Clinton feels about Cape Wind?
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Forum video, now with comments Tell us what you think about the presidential forum	David Roberts	28 Nov 2007	Gristmill
The video from Grist's presidential forum on climate is now available on a page that accepts comments. So go comment! One thing to watch for: check out what Hillary says at 6:33, and compare to what Edwards says at around 35:00. Are they right?
Topics: climate, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Kucinich, Clinton, and Edwards on climate and energy Grist presidential climate forum: full transcript and video	David Roberts	26 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Last week, I offered my impressions of the candidates at our presidential forum on climate. Now the complete transcript (PDF) and full video are available. Make your own judgments and share your own impressions in comments. (This video will be permanently available here.) You can embed the videos on your own site:If you'd like to embed the full (four segment) video player, use the following code: <iframe width="520" scrolling="no" framebor ...
Topics: climate, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Errata A few last bits of musing from Grist's presidential forum on climate	David Roberts	19 Nov 2007	Gristmill
A few final notes from Grist's presidential climate forum, before (?) you get sick of me talking about it. Most memorable bits: Dennis Kucinich mentioning, at the very top of his speech, that he's a vegan. I heard the sound of thousands (or at least a dozen extremely vocal) Grist readers swooning. Kucinich offering every American a guaranteed minimum income, and coal miners in particular a not-mining wage equal to what they were making in the mines. Who me ...
Topics: politics, elections, presidential race 08, Hillary Clinton, Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards (all these topics)

More light, less heat Reflections on Grist's presidential forum on climate change	David Roberts	19 Nov 2007	Gristmill
On Saturday, presidential candidates Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, and Hillary Clinton gathered in L.A. to discuss climate and energy at a forum co-sponsored by Grist and PRI's Living on Earth. The forum was moderated by Steve Curwood of LoE, with Mary Nichols of the California Air Resources Board and me providing questions. Despite a delay getting started -- Clinton was late arriving -- things went off without a hitch. Well, mostly without a hitch. When Clinton ca ...
Topics: Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, presidential race 08, elections, energy, politics, climate (all these topics)

Wayne Rogers is no Alan Alda Fox News disses Clinton climate plan	Joseph Romm	14 Nov 2007	Gristmill
I suppose no one should be shocked that Fox had a five-against-one (Greenpeace's John Passacantando) panel to savage Hillary Clinton's terrific climate and energy plan. The video is worth watching to see just how much some conservatives hate the strategies that are crucial to avoiding catastrophic global warming: I was surprised to see that Wayne Rogers of MASH fame has morphed into another Fox wacko. He labels Hillary's plan 'idiotic,' calls her a 'crazy pe ...*
Topics: presidential race 08, climate, politics, Hillary Clinton, elections, energy, celebrity (all these topics)

Who are you calling sensible, punk? Hillary Clinton struggles to explain away her previous opposition to corn ethanol	David Roberts	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Over the years, Hillary Clinton has voted against subsidies and mandates for corn ethanol in the Senate a number of times. If you know anything about corn ethanol, you know that's a good thing. When Clinton released her (otherwise excellent) energy plan this week, it contained a whole boatload of ... subsidies and mandates for corn ethanol. That is, conversely, a bad thing. Obama's campaign took the opportunity to bash Clinton for it -- not for switching from a sensi ...
Topics: biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Clinton's climate and energy plan Some reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of Hillary's new proposal	David Roberts	05 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Efficiency and permit auctions and R&D, oh my! Hillary Clinton released her comprehensive energy and climate plan today. It is thoughtful, comprehensive, and though disappointingly conventional in a few areas, inspiringly bold in others. With the release of Clinton's plan, all three Democratic frontrunners for the presidency now have visionary, far-reaching energy plans that would fundamentally reorient the country away from carbon-intensive energy ...
Topics: biofuels, business, carbon trading, climate, climate equity, coal, elections, energy, energy efficiency, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08, public transportation (all these topics)

The advisors speak A conference call with Clinton's energy advisors, about her new energy plan	David Roberts	05 Nov 2007	Gristmill
I was just on a conference call with the Clinton campaign's energy advisors, who were answering questions from the press. A couple of interesting tidbits: I noted that the cap-and-trade system laid out by Clinton dramatically exceeds what's contained in the Lieberman-Warner bill, both in terms of the permit auctions and the overall targets, and noted that Clinton's on the Senate energy committee, which will be taking up the L-W bill soon. I asked if her bold plan mean ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Hillary Clinton's climate and energy plan The full text of Clinton's plan	David Roberts	05 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Here is Hillary Clinton's comprehensive new climate and energy plan, just introduced: ----- Powering America's Future: Hillary Clinton's Plan to Address the Energy and Climate Crisis Hillary understands that we face two immense energy and environmental challenges: a growing climate crisis, and an increasing reliance on foreign oil that is driving up energy costs for Americans. She also knows that Americans have always demonstrated the will and the ingenuity to ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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