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EIA to McCain: Drop offshore (drilling)
Offshore drilling will have no impact on oil prices through 2030 |
Joseph Romm |
19 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| McCain has flip-flopped his position on offshore drilling, pandered to the oil companies, and embraced the exact same strategy endorsed by the man McCain is trying so hard to run away from -- President Bush. He must have a damn good policy reason: 'Tomorrow I'll call for lifting the federal moratorium for states that choose to permit exploration,' McCain said. 'I think that this and perhaps providing additional incentives for states to permit exploration off their co ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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No luv from Democratic guvs
McCain's offshore drilling plan irks coastal state governors |
Kate Sheppard |
18 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Obama campaign hosted a press conference this afternoon with Democratic governors to highlight opposition to John McCain's call to end the moratorium on offshore drilling. The governors expressed uniform distaste with the proposal, and skepticism that voters in their states would approve of drilling off their coasts. 'Our economy is driven by tourism and use of the shore,' said Jon Corzine, governor of New Jersey. 'I think we would have a hard time getting p ... |
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| Topics: energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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A Springfield in his step
McCain goes to Springfield, talks up nukes and coal |
Kate Sheppard |
18 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain followed up yesterday's energy speech with more energy talk today during a roundtable at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Today he focused more specifically on his support for two energy sources: nuclear power and 'clean coal.' The roundtable also featured Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the world's largest coal company, and Mike Chesser, CEO of Great Plains Energy. The panel was moderated by Jim Jones, a Chevron board member and pre ... |
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| Topics: coal, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Putting Lipstick on a Rig
Backing up McCain, Bush calls for ending offshore drilling moratorium |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: gas prices, George Bush, John McCain, news, oceans, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Trust as first sight
Public trusts Obama more than McCain on gas prices, global warming, energy |
David Roberts |
18 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Interesting results from a new ABC/WaPo poll. Who do Americans trust more on the economy? Obama 52%, McCain 36% How about gas prices? Obama 50%, McCain 30% Global warming? Obama 55%, McCain 28% Energy policy? Obama 51%, McCain 36% Issues where McCain is more trusted: international affairs, war in Iraq (by one point), and war on terror. Overall, Obama's ahead by 6% -- roughly where he's been for a while now: |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, gas prices, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Man in the Middle
McCain calls for offshore drilling, renewables, and conservation in energy speech |
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17 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:27 PM on 17 Jun 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain tried to pack something for everyone into a big energy speech yesterday, saying the U.S. needs more conservation and renewables as well as more oil drilling, oil refineries, "clean-burning coal," and nuclear power plants. He called for ending a federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling, but reiterated his ... |
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| Topics: energy, John McCain, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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'Simply so special'
McCain adviser on oil drilling in ecologically sensitive areas |
Kate Sheppard |
17 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin held a press call with reporters tonight after the candidate's energy speech in Houston. One particularly interesting question came up: A reporter asked why, if McCain thinks people who live in coastal states should decide whether to allow drilling off their shores, that view doesn't extend to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Reporter: Why not have that viewpoint for people in Alaska who want to drill in ANWR? Holtz-Eakin ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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McCain's free pass
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David Roberts |
17 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Great post from Hilzoy over at Obsidian Wings, starting with McCain's confused statements on climate change, moving out to McCain's confused statements on other matters of policy, and asking: why is no one in the mainstream media covering this? Why is McCain allowed to get away with it? |
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| Topics: climate, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Texas hold 'em
McCain calling for offshore drilling, renewables, and conservation in energy speech |
Kate Sheppard |
17 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain. John McCain will give a big speech on energy policy this afternoon to a group of oil executives in Houston, Texas. According to his prepared remarks, his address will highlight the need to forge a path to energy independence, calling for expanded domestic oil and gas drilling as well as a move toward renewable energy sources and conservation. 'The next president must be willing to break with the energy policies not just of the current adminis ... |
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| Topics: energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Mixed messages
McCain releases new climate ad ahead of speech calling for more drilling |
Kate Sheppard |
17 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain unveiled a new climate-change ad today -- hours before he's scheduled to give an energy speech in Texas that will call for building more oil refineries and lifting a federal ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. 'John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming, five years ago,' says the ad. 'Today, he has a realistic plan that will curb greenhouse-gas emissions. A plan that will help grow our economy and protect our envi ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, George Bush, John McCain, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Two out of three ain't bad
McCain campaign clarifies (some of) McCain's climate malapropisms |
David Roberts |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Earlier today, Kate reported on some confused remarks from John McCain on his plan for a carbon cap. Via Politico, the McCain campaign has now clarified the remarks. Here's the original exchange: QUESTION: The European Union has set mandatory targets on renewable energy. Is that something you would consider in a McCain administration? [...] MCCAIN: Sure. I believe in the cap-and-trade system, as you know. I would not at this time make those -- impose a manda ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Depends on the definition of the word 'mandatory'
John McCain doesn't appear to understand his own emissions plan |
Kate Sheppard |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Also from John McCain's press conference this morning, the senator from Arizona once again makes it clear that he doesn't really understand cap-and-trade: QUESTION: The European Union has set mandatory targets on renewable energy. Is that something you would consider in a McCain administration? [...] MCCAIN: Sure. I believe in the cap-and-trade system, as you know. I would not at this time make those -- impose a mandatory cap at this time. But I do believe that w ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Drill if you want to
McCain emphasizes drilling and states rights in advance of big energy speech |
Kate Sheppard |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain is slated to give a major policy address on energy tomorrow in Houston, Texas. In a press conference today, he tipped his hand about what that speech will include: He says he'll call for federal limits on oil and gas exploration to be lifted, in order to allow states that want to permit exploration within their boundaries to do so. 'I think that this, and perhaps providing additional incentives for states to permit exploration off their coasts, would ... |
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| Topics: energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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With friends like these ...
Saudis agree with McCain: Cut gasoline taxes! |
Joseph Romm |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| If anything should put a stake through John McCain's absurd gas tax holiday idea, it's that the Saudi King advocates it, too! As I have previously noted, the only ones who benefit from the gas tax are the oil companies and the petroleum producers. Case in point, the biggest producer just said: Next month, the Saudis will be pumping an extra half-a-million barrels of oil a day compared to last month, bringing total Saudi production to 9.7 million barrels a ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, gas prices, John McCain, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, Saudi Arabia (all these topics) |
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Wait, they're not the same?!
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David Roberts |
11 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In the Boston Globe, Carol Browner and Bob Sussman construct a short and powerful critique of McCain's climate/energy positions, tacking against the kind of foolishness that has addled the brains of the folks over at the L.A. Times. |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, energy, John McCain, messaging, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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148 Days to Go
McCain and Obama tout very different energy policies |
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09 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:51 PM on 09 Jun 2008 While campaigning in different cities Monday, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama managed to trade plenty of jabs on energy policy. At a rally in Raleigh, N.C., Obama called for a tax on oil-company windfall profits and declared, "At a time ... when we're paying more than $4 a gallon for gas, [McCain] wants to spend $1.2 billion on a tax break for ExxonMobil." McCain's economic adviser ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, John McCain, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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'You just gave my speech'
Drilling for fossil fuels and subsidizing nuclear power: McCain energy policy |
David Roberts |
09 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| McCain reveals the heart of his energy policy: McCain was more gung-ho about nuclear power and expanded domestic drilling for oil and natural gas. When a donor in Richmond summed up his advice as, 'nuclear, and drill wherever we've got it,' McCain responded: 'You just gave my speech. Thank you, my friend. |
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| Topics: energy, insanity, John McCain, nuclear power, politics (all these topics) |
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It's not the size of the government, it's how you use it
The right comparison between Obama and McCain on climate/energy |
David Roberts |
09 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In the Wall Street Journal, Stephen Power summarizes the difference between Obama and McCain on energy and environmental policies this way: Sen. Obama is pushing a bigger government role in fostering the development of technologies to reduce emissions and alternatives to fossil fuels. Sen. McCain, meanwhile, argues for a more hands-off approach, saying "unintended consequences" can result from wrongheaded interference in the marketplace. This is the J ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Trouble in paradise?
McCain criticized during Florida trip for opposing funding for Everglades restoration |
Kate Sheppard |
09 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Visiting the Everglades has become de rigueur for presidential candidates hoping to shore up environmental cred in Florida, the nation's most populous swing state. But Republican presidential candidate John McCain's trip to the wetlands on Friday seemed to generate only bad publicity. Last year McCain opposed legislation that included funding for Everglades restoration and urged colleagues to let Bush's veto of the bill stand. And last week he didn't do a particul ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Florida, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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What does Barack Obama think of McCain's conviction on climate change?
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David Roberts |
08 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| From Obama's remarks to his campaign staff: 'Those of you who are concerned about global warming? I don't care what he says, John McCain is not going to push that agenda hard.' It's about 11 minutes in: (via SameFacts) |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, John McCain, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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More on the McCain doubletalk express
McCain says Reid chose 'to put politics above policy' |
Joseph Romm |
07 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| McCain's statement on Lieberman-Warner said this: ... it appears that for now, the Senate, at the direction of the Majority Leader, will choose to put politics above policy, and Congress will fail to act yet again on this critical issue. You cannot be serious! The people who put politics above policy were McCain's fellow conservatives, who Forced 30 hours of pointless debate Forced a 9-hour reading of the bill Demagogued the gasoline and energy price issue over a ... |
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| Topics: John McCain, legislation, politics, climate (all these topics) |
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Is He Everglade to Be There
McCain says he hearts Everglades, despite opposing bill with restoration funding |
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06 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:25 PM on 06 Jun 2008 Sen. John McCain swung through Florida last week, taking time for a boat tour of the Everglades on Friday. The Obama campaign promptly criticized McCain for his opposition last year to a water bill that included major funding for Everglades restoration. McCain said he would have supported a stand-alone Everglades bill, but the broader water bill was choc ... |
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| Topics: Florida, habitat protection, John McCain, legislation, national parks, news, politics, presidential race 08, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Unfair and balanced
Is NYT's Revkin pushing unjustified 'balance' in the Senate climate debate coverage? |
Joseph Romm |
06 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I like and respect Andy Revkin a great deal. He is one of the best reporters on climate and certainly the most prolific climate journalist now that he has his Dot Earth blog. But I must take exception to his recent posting, 'Climate Debate: Democracy In Action?' You would never know from his post that one side in the debate was desperately trying to save future generations from catastrophic warming and the other side was simply doing shameless political posturing. He ... |
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| Topics: climate, John McCain, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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Plane dealer
McCain asks Obama to plane-pool to joint town-hall meetings |
Kate Sheppard |
04 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Now that Barack Obama has the Democratic presidential nomination in the bag, John McCain says he wants to get the general election rolling. This morning, McCain invited Obama to join him for 10 town-hall-style meetings throughout the summer. In a conference call with reporters this afternoon, McCain said the 'old-fashioned, traditional town-hall meeting' would 'change the debate in America.' McCain says he'd like to ride-share (might one call this 'plane-pooling'? ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, John McCain, Muckraker, politics, news, elections, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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