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A bird in the Hannity McCain and Palin talk energy on with Fox's Sean Hannity	Kate Sheppard	09 Oct 2008	Gristmill
In an interview Wednesday with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Republican presidential candidate John McCain again suggested that he's willing to reevaluate his opposition to allowing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 'At least because Gov. Palin is so persuasive, I would like to come to Alaska. I haven't been there in many years anyway, and maybe I'll agree to go visit that area and have a look,' said McCain, responding to a question from Hannity about the dif ...
Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin, video (all these topics)

Let's talk about caps, baby Enviros cheer debate talk about climate and energy, but want more details	Kate Sheppard	08 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Say what you may about last night's debate, but it was anything but boring for enviros. Even if the candidates largely recycled preexisting talking points on energy and climate, the mere fact that both issues got top billing in a presidential debate was an historic first. 'What strikes me as important is that energy has risen to the top of the list in terms of issues that people are concerned about right now. It's really energy, the economy, health care, and the w ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

One swing voter, swung Ingrid Jackson's question about climate change put candidates on the spot	Kate Sheppard	08 Oct 2008	Gristmill
For the first time in this year's presidential debates, the two candidates were asked point-blank about what they would do to address climate change in the first two years of their administration. Ingrid Jackson asks the candidates about environmental issues. This morning, Grist caught up with the young woman who asked the question -- Ingrid Jackson, 30, a senior psychology major at Tennessee State University in Nashville and a Children Services Officer ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Climate's brief turn in the spotlight Obama and McCain asked directly about climate change at debate	Kate Sheppard	07 Oct 2008	Gristmill
The second 2008 presidential debate included a single, pointed question on global climate change from an audience member, but that didn't stop both candidates from working the issue of energy independence into their responses to all sorts of questions throughout the 90-minute faceoff. By and large, John McCain and Barack Obama stuck to their scripts on energy, arguing that the nation must invest more in alternative and renewable energy sources ... and rely ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate change, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Commerce clause The House Energy and Commerce Committee releases draft of potential climate legislation	Kate Sheppard	07 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and ranking member Rick Boucher (D-Va.) released a 'discussion draft' of their long-awaited climate change legislation today. 'This draft is the culmination of nearly two years of intensive work on climate change by the Committee and marks an important step in our ongoing efforts to address this increasingly serious problem,' wrote Dingell and Boucher in a memo to fellow committee members [PDF] today. 'Poli ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Miner offense Coal miners in West Virginia stay home in protest of anti-Obama NRA tactics	Kate Sheppard	07 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Coal production at the Blacksville No. 2 Mine in Monongalia County, W.Va., came to a halt for one day last week when all the miners stayed home in protest after a National Rifle Association camera crew tried to get them to bad-mouth Barack Obama on film. The United Mineworkers of America has endorsed the Democratic candidate for president, and union officials were miffed that the NRA was allowed on the property. Here's the story: Union officials say they took the day ...
Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, energy, mining, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, West Virginia (all these topics)

MSM discovers MTR CNN reports on the battle for Coal River Mountain in W.Va.	Kate Sheppard	07 Oct 2008	Gristmill
In August, we brought you the story of Coal River Mountain, one of the last mountains in West Virginia's Coal River Valley that hasn't been destroyed by mountaintop-removal coal mining. Residents are lobbying to build a wind farm on the mountain, but Massey Energy is moving ahead on plans to strip-mine a 10-square-mile area of the mountain, regardless of whether they have the permits to do so. Yesterday, CNN covered the battle over Coal River Mountain and the pligh ...
Topics: coal, energy, mining, Muckraker, news, politics, video, West Virginia (all these topics)

Debate and switch Enviros suggest questions for Tuesday's townhall-style debate	Kate Sheppard	06 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Eleven days after their first matchup, John McCain and Barack Obama will meet again in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday night for a 'townhall format' debate. NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw will be the moderator, but it will be crowd members asking the questions, all of whom are supposedly undecided voters. There will be between 80 and 120 of these undecided voters in the audience; Brokaw will select about 15 of them to ask their questions. Chances are slim that any glob ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

She's got Obama's ear Obama adviser Heather Zichal talks to Grist about energy and climate	Kate Sheppard	06 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Heather Zichal. Barack Obama's campaign has a deep bench when it comes to climate and energy policy, one that includes scientists, policy wonks, and economists. On July 20, Obama added Heather Zichal to the team as policy director for energy, environment, and agriculture. Before coming to the Obama campaign's Chicago headquarters, Zichal served as the legislative director for Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), running both his domestic and foreign policy. In 2004, sh ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, interview, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The conservation ticket National Wildlife Federation Action Fund endorses congressional candidates for the first time	Kate Sheppard	06 Oct 2008	Gristmill
The National Wildlife Federation Action Fund is endorsing six congressional candidates in the November election -- a first for the group. 'We wanted to be able to, at election time, let voters know who are really going to be champions on [conservation and wildlife] issues in Congress, and do what we can to spread the word,' said Sue Brown, executive director of NWF Action Fund. 'Conservation issues are important, and we're lacking the leadership in Washington to rea ...
Topics: Congress, elections, Muckraker, National Wildlife Federation, news, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

October surprises Enviro news from the presidential campaign trail	Kate Sheppard	06 Oct 2008	Gristmill
The New Republic looks at Sarah Palin's record as governor of Alaska, focusing on toxic waste and the health of the state's residents. The state has a rate of birth-defects twice the national average, and many believe it's because of the 'toxic stew' from the byproducts of mining and energy development like arsenic, mercury, and lead. Like other political leaders in the state, Palin has prioritized industry over environmental protection for years, resisting measures ...
Topics: coal, elections, ethanol, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Veep thoughts Reflecting on (and fact-checking) the VP debate	Kate Sheppard	03 Oct 2008	Gristmill
With the lengthy discussion of energy and climate issues in last night's debate, it was easy to miss some important aspects as the vice presidential candidates sped through their respective talking points. For example, Joe Biden's repeated plugs for 'clean coal' irked enviros, particularly the folks at 1Sky. It was a 1Sky organizer who asked Biden about clean coal on a rope line recently, prompting him to badmouth it; that got the McCain and Obama campaigns bicker ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, Joe Biden, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

The coal truth Biden questioner says 'clean coal' doesn't exist	Kate Sheppard	03 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Last night, Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden said that his previous remarks on 'clean coal' were 'taken out of context,' and that he 'for 25 years has supported clean coal technology.' The remarks came after moderator Gwen Ifill asked him to clarify earlier, seemingly contradictory statements on clean coal. Clean coal leapt into the spotlight of campaign 2008 a few weeks back, when a woman asked Joe Biden the question that launched 1,000 shills. The questioner wa ...
Topics: climate, coal, elections, Joe Biden, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Bail to the chief House passes bailout plan with extensions for renewables, sends to Bush's desk	Kate Sheppard	03 Oct 2008	Gristmill
If at first you don't succeed, try again. After failing to muster enough votes on Monday, the House on Friday approved the financial market bailout plan by a vote of 263-171, sending the bill to the desk of the president. The final version of the bailout included the extensions for renewable tax credits that Congress has been struggling with all year (the House and Senate disputed how to offset the credits with new revenues). The $17 billion in tax credi ...
Topics: Congress, economy, energy, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives, Wall Street (all these topics)

Train check $13 billion Amtrak bill heads to Bush's desk	Kate Sheppard	03 Oct 2008	Gristmill
The Senate this week voted 74-24 to approve the Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act, which would boost funding for Amtrak. With high gas prices and tough economic times pushing more Americans to ride the rails, Congress is aiming to improve rail infrastructure. The five-year, $13 billion bill would fund new safety measures for trains, like collision-avoidance technology, plus cover operating and capital expenses and help pay down Amtrak's current $3 billion d ...
Topics: Congress, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, public transportation, trains (all these topics)

A principled approach 152 reps call for future climate bills to be strong and fair	Kate Sheppard	03 Oct 2008	Gristmill
In late April, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the House Select Committee for Energy Independence, joined with Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) to put out a statement of principles for climate legislation. Their framework for future climate bills calls for emissions reductions of 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, the establishment of near-term targets, and the auctioning of emissions permits with proceeds going toward clean-energy technology ...
Topics: climate, energy, Muckraker, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Veep on rockin' Vice presidential candidates spar on energy and climate issues	Kate Sheppard	02 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Thursday night's vice presidential debate produced several rows on climate and energy policy, with both candidates making somewhat unexpected claims on their own policy positions. Notably, however, both Joe Biden and Sarah Palin acknowledged that climate change is real and must be addressed -- though they clearly didn't agree fully on what's causing it or what should be done. For enviro viewers, perhaps Palin's biggest moment came when she was asked direct ...
Topics: elections, energy, Joe Biden, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Veep stakes What enviros would like to hear (but probably won't) in tonight's VP debate	Kate Sheppard	02 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Joe Biden. Tonight's vice presidential debate is by far the most anticipated debate of this election cycle. In the right corner, newcomer Sarah Palin. In the left, Joe Biden, a senator who's been in office since Palin was 'in, like, the second grade.' A series of klutzy and unflattering interviews with Palin on CBS this week has audiences primed for some colorful statements from her, while Biden's decades-long history of gaffes could also provide some fun ...
Topics: climate, energy, Joe Biden, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Drilling under the wire Sen. DeMint tries to push through pro-drilling bill in last days of Congress	Kate Sheppard	01 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Apparently not satisfied with the expiration of the moratorium on drilling along the Outer Continental Shelf, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is circulating a bill [PDF] that open up still more offshore areas to drilling. The 'Drill Now Act of 2008' would accelerate the expansion of offshore drilling by superseding a provision that currently prevents new lease sales until July 2012. The bill would allow the secretary of interior to conduct OCS lease sales even in areas ...
Topics: energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, offshore drilling, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Russian ahead McCain/Palin nuclear plan would make U.S. more dependent on Russia for energy	Kate Sheppard	01 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Sarah Palin might have a tougher time keeping an eye on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin if John McCain wins the election. McCain plans to build 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030. Palin affirmed her support for nuclear power in the CBS News interview that aired last night: Also tapping into the nuclear, the clean coal, to biomass, geothermal, tides, waves, all those things that we have as alternative energy sources, it's gotta be an all-of-the-above ap ...
Topics: elections, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Bail Mary Senate approves bailout bill with renewable-energy tax-credit extensions	Kate Sheppard	01 Oct 2008	Gristmill
The Senate just passed the financial bailout plan by a vote of 74 to 25. The measure includes a tax package that contains extensions for renewable-energy tax credits, which may hold it up in the House. Right now, it looks like the House is going to vote on the plan, with the tax package, on Friday.
Topics: energy, Muckraker, politics, renewable energy, US Senate (all these topics)

Go tell it on the mountain Will the push to open Yucca Mountain shift Nevada toward Obama?	Kate Sheppard	01 Oct 2008	Gristmill
The Bush administration is pushing full speed ahead with plans to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain -- and that could affect the presidential race in the battleground state of Nevada, where John McCain and Barack Obama are in a dead heat. Last month, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission agreed to review the federal government's license application for the site, where it wants to store spent fuel from nuclear plants around the U.S. as well as military nuclear w ...
Topics: Barack Obama, John McCain, presidential race 08, nuclear power, energy, politics, Muckraker (all these topics)

The tail wagging the Blue Dogs Senate adds renewable-energy tax credits to bailout, to chagrin of moderate House Dems	Kate Sheppard	01 Oct 2008	Gristmill
The Senate is planning to add its tax bill -- which includes the extension of renewable-energy tax credits -- to the $700 billion bailout package it will be voting on tonight. The addition is intended to 'sweeten' the deal in hopes of gathering more votes and ensuring passage of the bailout package. The Senate has also added to the package an increase to the maximum amount the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will insure on individual bank accounts, from $100,000 ...
Topics: Congress, economy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, tax incentives, US Senate (all these topics)

'No one cares more about the environment than oil companies' Colbert parodies Big Oil greenwashing	Kate Sheppard	01 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Last night, The Colbert Report marked the expiration of the moratorium on offshore drilling with this brilliant parody of Big Oil greenwashing. 'A lot of people talk about loving the earth. But how many of them actually penetrate it?' asked Colbert. Watch the Colbert sketch: Now compare it to a real ad from Chevron:
Topics: advertising, Big Oil, funnies, greenwashing, Muckraker, offshore drilling, TV, video (all these topics)

A spend in need is a spend indeed Obama says energy will remain a top priority despite financial crisis	Kate Sheppard	30 Sep 2008	Gristmill
On the campaign trail in Reno, Nev., today, Barack Obama attempted to quell fears that the financial crisis would lead him to shelve key components of his agenda if he were elected. During Friday's debate, he said he would still 'make sure we're investing in energy ... to solve this problem,' but also said there 'may be individual components we can't do' because of a tighter budget. Today Obama clarified: People have asked whether the size of this [financi ...
Topics: economy , energy, presidential race 08, elections, politics, news, Muckraker (all these topics)

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