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Turn on your TV today
National Geographic's 'Six Degrees Could Change The World' |
Joseph Romm |
10 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I haven't read the book -- who has time? Oh, but TV or a YouTube video -- well, that's another matter: This Sunday, February 10th at 8pm EST on the National Geographic Channel, 'Six Degrees Could Change The World,' which offers a hypothetical look at how the world might change, degree by degree, if we don't curtail our emissions:At One Degree, the world will experience a new American desert, massive coral bleaching, and lost Australian rainforests. At Two Degr ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, TV (all these topics) |
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Planeteers in heaven
Live-action Captain Planet film a no-go |
Sarah van Schagen |
06 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Dear children of the '80s,I heard a rumor last week that Warner Bros. studio had announced a live-action film version of the '90s cartoon series Captain Planet and was planning to release it in late 2009. Captain Planet, you say? Why, he's our hero! (Wasn't he gonna take pollution down to zero?)Sadly, though, I must report that I then contacted the Warner folks (and their bros) and found out that this rumor is, in fact, "untrue." I know, I know. I too am ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Idiot protest or brilliant parody?
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David Roberts |
01 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I got a strange PR release today that sent me to this. I've read it over pretty closely and I still can't tell whether it's intended to be parody. If it is parody, it's quite clever -- really nails the self-righteousness arms race underway in the eat-your-own faction of the green movement. If it is serious, it may rank as the stupidest environmental protest ever, and that is against some fairly stiff competition. |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, TV (all these topics) |
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The bright side of the demise of TV programming
Hollywood writers strike a blow for the climate |
Joseph Romm |
31 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Okay, you're annoyed you can't watch 24, or a full season of House or The Office -- and yes, The Daily Show is kind of lame these days. But on the bright side, as a U.K. Times headline notes: Viewers turned off by Hollywood writers strike 'may never switch TV on again.' Yet, as is so typical of the MSM, they completely missed the real story: the connection to global warming. Turning TVs off equals using less electricity equals emitting less carbon dioxide. ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy at home, green living, TV (all these topics) |
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The Green Life goes on
Sexy green Adrian Grenier to host new eco-show |
Sarah van Schagen |
30 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Mmm ...[Entourage star and über-hottie Adrian] Grenier has recently inked a deal with the Discovery Channel to star in a 13-episode series tentatively titled The Green Life, in which he'll travel the country -- presumably by patchouli-powered hybrid bus or something equally irritating -- and dole out advice about how regular folks can remodel their homes in an ecologically friendly manner. Um, I'm a "regular folks," Adrian! And you can green my lif ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, TV (all these topics) |
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Gone Today, here tomorrow
Grist scheduled to appear on Today show tomorrow -- not like last time (we hope) |
Grist |
30 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Ah, the fickleness of live television. One day you're slated to be on TV, the next you're unceremoniously booted off before you even get to meet Matt Lauer. (Oh, the humanity!)But that was yesterday -- Today is tomorrow. Which is to say, Grist's Katharine Wroth is making her way back to the Today show studios for a guest appearance tomorrow morning. Be sure to tune in for a Grist-alicious good time. Katharine's segment is scheduled to air at 8:19 a.m., no matter what time zone ... |
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| Topics: shameless self-promotion, TV (all these topics) |
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Boston Gullible
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David Roberts |
30 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Via Autoblog Green, it looks like the widely discredited study showing that Hummers beat Priuses has now reached prime time: For Gristmillian debunkings of the study, see biodiversivist and Joe Romm. |
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| Topics: cars, Prius, TV (all these topics) |
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Remains of the Today
Grist's Today show appearance falls through, fans mourn |
Grist |
29 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| To all our devoted fans who sat in front of the TV this morning waiting for a Grist-tacular appearance on NBC's Today show, we apologize. Due to Today's relatively tight schedule and an earlier interview that ran overtime, Grist's Katharine Wroth was pulled from the show before she made it on stage. Alas, the world is a much less-informed place than it could have been.As a consolation, you can read some of the tips Katharine would have offered, now conveniently expunged of a ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, greenwashing, shameless self-promotion, TV (all these topics) |
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Major advance in plug-in hybrid design
Watch CBS this Saturday for breaking electric-car news |
Joseph Romm |
11 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I was just interviewed by CBS for a possible story on plug-in hybrids on Monday. You should tune in to CBS evening news Saturday for the first coverage of what I believe is a major advance in plug-ins -- a car I test drove a few weeks back and will be free to write about here Monday. The New York Times will probably be doing a print story on the car Sunday, which I'll link to. Then CBS may do another story, which is where I would come in. This hybrid technology ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, innovation, TV (all these topics) |
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Huckabee on Colbert
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David Roberts |
11 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Bit of a dodge on global warming, no? |
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| Topics: climate, elections, funnies, politics, presidential race 08, TV (all these topics) |
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Adventures in CFL-land
Brit blames bulb for TV-remote glitch |
Katharine Wroth |
10 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| First CFLs cause migraines. Then they worsen skin conditions. Now they frig with the frequency of TV remotes. O brave new world ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, energy, energy at home, funnies, TV, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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The mystery machine
Amazing Race-ers awarded vague electric vehicle |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I'm always excited when eco-prizes are handed out on Those Reality TV Shows That I Totally Do Not Watch. But Sunday night on The Amazing Race, I was surprised to hear that the first-place pit-stop finishers were awarded electric vehicles, and then confused by the way the prize was never fully explained and seemed veiled in mystery. From EW.com's recap: ... [I]t was Christina and Ronald who finished first, earning themselves the weirdest prize ever: "an ... |
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| Topics: electric vehicles, TV (all these topics) |
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'Mine's bigger'
Me on Hannity & Colmes |
David Roberts |
22 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here I am on Hannity & Colmes, 21 Dec. 2007. Mark Steyn was sitting in for Sean Hannity. The other guest is Chris Horner of CEI. There's some satisfaction in taking shots at Horner and CEI. God knows they get off too easy most of the time. And watching Horner bumble around and make no sense is fun.He called me an 'alarmist' and decried ad hominem attacks in the same sentence.In a discussion of whether there's a scientific consensus, you are not allowed ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, shameless self-promotion, TV (all these topics) |
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Paparazzi, can you hear me?
Top green celeb stories of 2007 |
Sarah van Schagen |
20 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here are the Official Top Green Celeb Stories of 2007, listed in very particular order and determined via a very scientific process (a combination of my memory and Grist's archives): 5. Brad Pitt adopts Maddox Pax Thien Zahara New Orleans. 4. Leo DiCaprio releases 11th Hour, which sinks into obscurity faster than the Titanic. 3. Primetime television attempts eco-programming; finds out the environment isn't funny. 2. Celeb-studded award shows go green -- ... |
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| Topics: movies, celebrity, green living, TV (all these topics) |
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Casten on FutureGen: 'Maddeningly stupid'
Grist contributor bashes 'clean coal' |
David Roberts |
18 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| If you'd like to see our very own Sean Casten call the FutureGen clean coal project 'maddeningly stupid' -- about the only part of this segment that isn't creepy and upsetting -- you can do so here. |
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| Topics: TV, energy, coal (all these topics) |
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Watch more Fox News!
FutureGen on at 5:00 p.m. Central, tonight |
Sean Casten |
17 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Fox News is doing a special report on the FutureGen project and -- rather remarkably -- couldn't find anyone to argue that $6500/kW coal-fired power coupled to a hydrogen plant is a dumb idea. Then along came Grist, and this crazy blogger who thinks FutureGen is dopey. The interview was last Friday; they're running the coverage tonight, in advance of tomorrow's decision on whether Illinois or Texas will 'win.' (Nice plug for Grist here, eh? Apparently, nowhere else ... |
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| Topics: shameless self-promotion, coal, business, energy, TV (all these topics) |
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Lewis Black on global warming
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David Roberts |
29 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, funnies, TV (all these topics) |
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Lipstick on a pig
NBC's vast green wasteland |
Joseph Romm |
21 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| What a dud NBC's Green Week turned out to be. I thought that: The shows would find clever ways to promote green themes. This would launch NBC on its way to becoming greener. Not! Indeed, the only good news is that the shows bombed across the board. Looks like viewers aren't suckered by greenwashing. As for No. 2, you can't even find a single reference to being green on nbc.com today (you have to click on the tiny 'corporate info' item at the bottom, ... |
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| Topics: green living, TV (all these topics) |
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Green is the new blah
NBC sitcoms universally ... unfunny |
Katharine Wroth |
09 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Last night I watched the TNSFKAMST (Thursday Night Shows Formerly Known as Must-See TV). To be honest I'd forgotten it was Green Is Universal week; I was just indulging in a little sitcom sitdown. But there was no escaping the green message, and it was ... what's the word? ... artificial and painful and forced. Three of the four shows -- My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock, and Scrubs -- took the over-the-topness over the top, having fun at their bosses' expense and doing th ... |
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| Topics: messaging, green living, TV, climate (all these topics) |
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More Grist love on the 'Today' show
7 items you didn't know you could recycle |
Katy Balatero |
06 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This time around, Chip and Katharine chat about how to recycle unusual items: How to recycle |
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| Topics: TV, waste, recycling, shameless self-promotion (all these topics) |
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Chip on the 'Today' show
7 easy steps to reduce your carbon emissions |
David Roberts |
05 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Grist's valiant leader was on the Today show this morning. Check it out: Seven steps to save energy |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, shameless self-promotion, TV (all these topics) |
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Halloween special: Buffy
The vampire slayer goes green |
Joseph Romm |
01 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Buffy is back in Climate Progress. I'll take any excuse! Turns out former Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar is green, or at least green-tinged, like those monsters she used to fight. She brings her own reusable bag to Whole Foods. Why? 'So I get a discount.' Okay so the millionaire actress is cheap frugal. You got a problem with that? She also rides a bike, to the annoyance of her neighbors: Not only is it bright pink with the bell and streamers and the wh ... |
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| Topics: TV, celebrity (all these topics) |
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Please respect the meat
A plea for higher food consciousness from My Name Is Earl |
David Roberts |
29 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here's a new anthem for all the veggies and vegans out there. It's from My Name Is Earl, a couple weeks ago. Darnell is a gentle soul who's in witness protection; his cover requires him to cook at the Crab Shack and ... kill crabs. |
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| Topics: food, vegetarianism and veganism, TV (all these topics) |
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Colbert: Will this eventually affect Planet America?
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David Roberts |
28 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: TV, funnies, climate, climate change impacts (all these topics) |
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Planet in Peril
A two-part CNN documentary begins tonight |
Sarah van Schagen |
23 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| (Images: CNN Worldwide -- All Rights Reserved 2007 ©) Beginning tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT, CNN will air a two-part documentary that takes viewers to the front lines of environmental change. Hosted by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper (above), chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Animal Planet host/wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin, Planet in Peril will focus on four main issues: climate change, deforestation, species loss, and overpopulation. The four-hour ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, climate, deforestation, endangered species, population, TV (all these topics) |
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