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He's no zero Republicans for Environmental Protection explains McCain ranking (or lack thereof)	Kate Sheppard	30 May 2008	Gristmill
Republicans for Environmental Protection gave John McCain a 'no score' on its just-released 2007 congressional scorecard, as David pointed out earlier. McCain missed all 14 of the votes on which REP scored senators, but the group opted not to give him a zero. Grist called David Jenkins, government affairs director for REP, to find out why. 'We thought the best way to treat this was to not score presidential candidate absences as a negative,' said Jenkins. 'It ...
Topics: John McCain, League of Conservation Voters, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

A free pass Republicans for Environmental Protection lets McCain off the hook for missing important votes	David Roberts	29 May 2008	Gristmill
Yesterday, Republicans for Environmental Protection issued their annual scorecard for 2007. Party standard bearer Sen. John McCain missed every vote they scored. (For more on that, see here.) So what did REP do? Give him a score of zero? No, they just didn't score him at all. Nice to see calculated political cowardice rewarded. With a bang-up start like this, I'm sure we'll see REP holding McCain's feet to the fire throughout the campaign!
Topics: dumbassery, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

Nuclear options John McCain talks nuclear security, promises to promote 'civilian' nukes	Kate Sheppard	27 May 2008	Gristmill
John McCain gave a speech on nuclear security this morning at the University of Denver, and given his abiding love of nuclear power as the solution to climate change, that came up too. Where there's 'civilian' nuclear energy, there's the possibility for nuclear weapons -- and if he's promoting the former, that leads to plenty of questions about how to prevent the latter. And of course, all that spent nuclear fuel has to go somewhere. His remarks: As we improve the ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

GOP vs. John McCain? Climate bill fight likely to divide Republicans	Kate Sheppard	27 May 2008	Gristmill
Politico reports on the divide between John McCain and other Republicans on climate change: By contrast, the debate on a bipartisan climate change bill sponsored by Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.) offers McCain a chance to stake out a position different from the president's and see if his party will follow. The catch is that many Republicans are uncomfortable with McCain's talk of a cap-and-trade program for reducing carbon emissions. ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, John McCain, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

The 'maverick' speaks on agriculture McCain thunders against ag subsidies, vows fealty to trade agenda	Tom Philpott	19 May 2008	Gristmill
Speaking before the National Restaurant Association on Monday, John McCain delivered a stirring rant against agriculture subsidies and the latest farm bill (text here.) No doubt burnishing his "maverick" image among editorial writers, the senator lambasted the bill as a giveaway of "billions of dollars in subsidies to some of the biggest and richest agribusiness corporations in America -- many of which are heavy political contributors to members in bot ...
Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, John McCain, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Notable quotable Limbaugh angry about being smarter than McCain	David Roberts	19 May 2008	Gristmill
'It offends me that a man running for the president of the United States knows 10% of what I know about this. It offends me. In the case of Obama and Hillary, they know what they're spewing is a bunch of BS. They know they're spouting lies. I don't know what McCain is doing here, but if he honestly believes this, then it is offensive. I'm not supposed to be smarter than the guy running for president, neither are you.' -- Radio host Rush Limbaugh, re ...
Topics: climate, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics)

Daily Show on green McCain	David Roberts	17 May 2008	Gristmill
A man on emission:
Topics: climate, funnies, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

Carly Fiorina on McCain RNC 'Victory Chair' talks about McCain's climate agenda	Kate Sheppard	17 May 2008	Gristmill
Grist recently caught a few minutes with Carly Fiorina, the 'Victory Chair' of the Republican National Committee. (Quite the title, eh? Apparently it means she's 'the primary advocate for John McCain and the Republican Party' at the RNC.) Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and a former executive at both AT&T and Lucent Technologies, is charged with traveling the country to promote McCain's plans for economic growth and job creation. Grist asked her how ...
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Windfall beneath his wings? McCain might not be as opposed to a windfall profits tax as his fellow Republicans	Kate Sheppard	16 May 2008	Gristmill
Via the Democratic National Committee's blog, this video makes it seem like John McCain might not be as opposed to a windfall profits tax on oil companies as are his colleagues in the Senate and at the RNC:
Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Subsidize my love Grist asks McCain about contradictory messages on nuclear subsidies	Kate Sheppard	15 May 2008	Gristmill
John McCain hosted a call-in with bloggers today following his address in Columbus, Ohio, in which he outlined his priorities for a first term in office. Grist got in a couple of questions: You mentioned climate and energy in your speech today, that they would be among your top priorities, and that has also been the focus of several speeches this week. You say in general that you're against subsidies, even for renewable energy, but you said today that you'd like to ...
Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

'2013' McCain outlines priorities for first term; climate and energy make the cut	Kate Sheppard	15 May 2008	Gristmill
John McCain is in Ohio today, where he gave a speech this morning about what he plans to accomplish by 2013. Progress on climate and energy is part of his vision for a better world at the end of his first term: The United States is well on the way to independence from foreign sources of oil -- progress that has not only begun to alleviate the environmental threat posed from climate change, but has greatly improved our security as well. A cap-and-trade system has bee ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Me, on McCain, on climate, on the radio Talking about where the candidates stand on climate and environmental policy	Kate Sheppard	14 May 2008	Gristmill
Shameless self-promotion alert: I was on the program 'The Conversation,' which airs on the Seattle NPR affiliate KUOW, last night talking about McCain's climate plan and where the presidential contenders stand on environmental policy. I'm about 10 minutes in, and as you can tell by the smattering of 'uhs' and 'ums,' there's a reason why I'm a writer not a talker.
Topics: climate, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

As if! Will McCain bring conservatives with him on climate?	Joseph Romm	14 May 2008	Gristmill
A President McCain would have no magic wand to get conservatives to join a cause they simply don't believe in, much as he wasn't able to get them to join the cause for his McCain-Lieberman climate bill. As E&E News ($ub. req'd) reports today:Several key Capitol Hill Republicans stood defiant yesterday against the types of changes to U.S. global warming policy spelled out earlier this week by presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain ... 'I'm going to ...
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Truth laid bear? McCain promotes eco-cred, while his advisers push for more Bush-style policies	Kate Sheppard	14 May 2008	Gristmill
In honor of John McCain's eco-week, both the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee have launched sites where folks can make personal pledges to protect the planet. The McCain campaign has also put out a line of 'eco-friendly' swag -- shirts, hats, tote bags, etc. Meanwhile, McCain adviser Kevin Hassett, who is also the director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, argues in an op-ed that polar bears shouldn't be listed as ...
Topics: elections, endangered species, john mccain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, polar bears, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Crooked talk McCain's gas-tax holiday plan is at odds with his new climate strategy	Guest author	13 May 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Lee Wasserman, director of the Rockefeller Family Fund. (Affiliation provided for identification purposes only; the views expressed are those of the writer only.) ----- Sen. John McCain made a climate speech Monday in which he argued that doing something about climate change is a 'test of foresight, of political courage, and of the unselfish concern that one generation owes to the next.' His timing is curious. 'Ignore that man beh ...
Topics: climate, energy, gas prices, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

Nukes to me More on the nuclear portion of McCain's big climate speech	Kate Sheppard	13 May 2008	Gristmill
What's the deal with John McCain's nuclear love affair? It's a question on many people's minds after the candidate's big climate speech yesterday. While McCain has argued repeatedly that he's opposed to subsidies for the nuclear industry, he stresses the need to support the nuclear industry and fund nuclear R&D. The most recent incarnation of his Climate Stewardship Act, introduced in January 2007, would authorize more than $3.7 billion in federal subsidies fo ...
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain's answers A Q&A on John McCain's climate platform, issued by his campaign	David Roberts	13 May 2008	Gristmill
The following is a Q&A on John McCain's climate platform, released on Monday by the McCain campaign. I'm posting it here because it gets into more detail than any other published material I've seen. ----- Q&A: John McCain's Climate Platform How does cap-and-trade work? Cap-and-trade is a mechanism that would set a limit on greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG) and create permits or rights to emit equal to the limit on GHG emissions. Entities that are ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate equity, John McCain, national security, politics (all these topics)

McCain's offsets What would the use of carbon offsets mean for McCain's climate policy?	David Roberts	13 May 2008	Gristmill
To me the most striking element of McCain's just-released carbon cap-and-trade plan is that it would, at least at the outset, allow regulated entities to achieve 100 percent of their emission reductions through the purchase of domestic or international offsets. By way of comparison, the Lieberman-Warner climate bill headed for the floor of the Senate caps the contribution of offsets at 15 percent, and requires that all the offsets be from domestic projects. This is a ...
Topics: carbon offsets, carbon trading, climate, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

BRIC douse McCain waters down language on climate dealings with China & India	Kate Sheppard	12 May 2008	Gristmill
The original text of John McCain's Monday climate speech raised the specter of economic penalties for developing countries if they don't join international climate efforts, but the candidate dropped that reference when actually delivering the address. As the Associated Press puts it: The GOP presidential contender ... prodded China and India -- two major emitters of the greenhouse gases blamed for the planet's warming -- to join the effort, although he muted planne ...
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Blustery irony Anti-wind McCain delivers climate remarks at foreign wind company	Joseph Romm	12 May 2008	Gristmill
Conservative presidential candidate Sen. John McCain chose a clever but ultimately hypocritical location for his big climate speech. I hope the media aren't fooled by his ironic choice of wind turbine company Vestas as the backdrop, but I have little doubt they will run enticing photos and videos of wind turbines. McCain, however, does not deserve to be linked to such images. I would title the speech 'Not the man for the job' (see 'No climate for old men'). Let's be ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, messaging, politics, wind power (all these topics)

McCain speech reactions Enviros respond to McCain's new climate plan	Kate Sheppard	12 May 2008	Gristmill
John McCain unveiled his plans to address global warming in a speech Monday afternoon in Portland, Ore. The candidate called climate change a 'test of foresight, of political courage, and of the unselfish concern that one generation owes to the next,' and called for a cap-and-trade system to drastically reduce the country's greenhouse-gas emissions. John McCain. Photo: Matthew Chastain Wright 'Whether we call it 'climate change' or 'global warming,' in the ...
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Speech, speech Text of McCain climate speech	Grist	12 May 2008	Gristmill
Here's text of the climate speech GOP presidential candidate John McCain gave today in Portland, Ore., his most major address on the issue to date. ----- Thank you all very much. I appreciate the hospitality of Vestas Wind Technology. Today is a kind of test run for the company. They've got wind technicians here, wind studies, and all these wind turbines, but there's no wind. So now I know why they asked me to come give a speech. Every day, when there are no reporters a ...
Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain's targets Emission reduction targets proposed by McCain are insufficient but squarely in the mainstream	David Roberts	12 May 2008	Gristmill
Here is the schedule of targets John McCain has proposed for his cap-and-trade program: 2012: Return emissions to 2005 levels (18 percent above 1990 levels) 2020: Return emissions to 1990 levels (15 percent below 2005 levels) 2030: 22 percent below 1990 levels (34 percent below 2005 levels) 2050: 60 percent below 1990 levels (66 percent below 2005 levels) The two things to note about these targets: They are insufficient based on the latest science. ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

'There's a better way' New McCain climate ad aimed at independent voters	Kate Sheppard	12 May 2008	Gristmill
John McCain released a new television advertisement today to accompany his big climate policy speech in Portland, Ore., this afternoon. Here's the ad: The ad illustrates McCain's attempts to appeal to independents; climate change is a key area where he believes he can make inroads with voters outside the Republican party. Note these lines in particular: 'One extreme thinks high taxes and crippling regulation is the solution. Another denies the problem even exis ...
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, messaging, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain's climate plan Republican candidate's climate proposals better than expected but still behind the curve	David Roberts	11 May 2008	Gristmill
On Monday, John McCain will deliver a speech on climate change from Portland, Oregon. In it he will lay out the framework for climate policy under a McCain administration. After a primary spent shoring up his credentials among the Republican base, this is the beginning of his general election strategy: Operation I'm Not Bush. (One important note: the speech is not on energy. McCain will be delivering a major speech on energy in a few weeks, probably early June, wherei ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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