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Wednesday must-see TV
Gore and Inhofe, mano-a-wacko |
Adam Browning |
19 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| If you thought today's fireworks were entertaining, wait for Wednesday. Gore will address the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Gore and Inhofe, mano-a-mano. Or, more accurately, mano-a-wacko. Pass the popcorn. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Inhofe, politics, TV (all these topics) |
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Gore on the small screen
AIT on Showtime |
David Roberts |
09 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Al Gore's Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth will make the move to the small screen, appearing this Sunday night (8pm EDT) on Showtime. Check your local schedule. |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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America's Next Top Vegan
ANTM premiere features vegan photoshoot |
Sarah van Schagen |
01 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Alright, y'all know by now that I have a train-wreck-type fascination with bad TV. A Manhattan socialite sent to live and work on a rural hog farm for two weeks? I'm in. Tim Gunn telling a wannabe fashion designer to grab some bubble wrap and a banana peel and "make it work"? All over it. A South Central L.A. krumper learning how to jitterbug? Can't. Look. Away. And when, on occasion, those shows reveal even the slightest tinge of green ... well, it ma ... |
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| Topics: TV (all these topics) |
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Tales of the bizarre
My aborted adventure on Fox |
David Roberts |
01 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'll tell you a little secret. Late last week, for a few brief, surreal hours, I was scheduled to appear on the Fox News show Hannity & Colmes to discuss ... well, allegedly the greening of the Oscars, but as anyone who's seen the show knows, the real topic was always going to be the hypocrisy of Hollywood limousine liberals blah blah. If that's not bizarre enough, Ann Coulter was scheduled to appear opposite me. And if that's not bizarre enough, hours after I ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Watch TV for Grist!
Tell us when green bursts from the screen |
Katharine Wroth |
14 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| For the second time in two nights, I was innocently watching bad TV when a green theme popped up. A gal can't get a break from her day job these days with so many producers rushing to prove their eco-cred. So how far-reaching is this trend?Figuring that out will either require me to watch way too much TV or it will require your help. Loyal Grist readers, I ask ye: please think of Grist each time green creeps into one of your favorite shows, and report it here.I'll ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, greenwashing, shameless self-promotion, TV (all these topics) |
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24 sucks
Damn I hate that show |
David Roberts |
13 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| For the first few seasons of 24, I kept trying to get into it -- I'd watch the first three or four episodes and give up. I dropped by for an episode or two this season, and it confirmed my initial impression, which is: 24 reflects a warped, adolescent view of violence and human nature. It reeks of macho fantasies, born of insecurity, entitlement, and above all fear. No problem arises on the show that cannot be solved with more force, more brutality. Anyone attempti ... |
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| Topics: TV (all these topics) |
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Global warming is hot!
PBS's NOW chats with Laurie David, Majora Carter |
Sarah van Schagen |
26 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| 'The Heat Over Global Warming' is the topic of discussion on tonight's episode of the PBS show NOW. They'll be chatting with high-profile activist Laurie David as well as Majora Carter of Sustainable South Bronx. From the show's website: Ahead of a major scientific report on global warming to be released next week, David Brancaccio talks with Laurie David, a producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary An Inconvenient Truth and a major environmental activist. ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, hotties, TV (all these topics) |
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Shockingly funny PSA to raise energy conservation awareness
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Jerome Woody |
22 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The Energy Star Alliance is running a public service announcement profiling a fictional family powering their house with static electricity. It's a pretty funny commercial; I wish I knew the ad firm that did it. |
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| Topics: messaging, energy, energy efficiency, TV (all these topics) |
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Something Fishy: A Fish Story airs on PBS tonight
The film will explore the conflicts between the fishing industry and the environment |
Sarah van Schagen |
02 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Ahoy mateys, and a happy new year to ye. I celebrated me holidays with some good booty -- givin' and receivin' -- and some pirate-style parrrtying. Here's hopin' ye did the same. And now that we be recovered from our rum-induced stupor, I've got news of an oceans-related documentary airing on PBS tonight. Part of the Independent Lens series, which also brought you Two Square Miles, the film A Fish Story goes behind the scenes to chat with politicians, environment ... |
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| Topics: oceans, TV, fishing (all these topics) |
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Ed Over Heels
A new reality series reveals what it's like living with eco-celeb Ed Begley Jr. |
Sarah van Schagen |
02 Jan 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Nick and Jessica had their "chicken of the sea." Sharon and Ozzy had their bleepity bleep-bleep. And now Ed and Rachelle have ... plastic rain barrels. Ed Begley Jr. Photo: Tricia Lee Pascoe That's Ed Begley Jr. and his wife, actress Rachelle Carson. They're the stars of Living with Ed, a six-episode series premiering on HGTV in January that puts a domestic spi ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, solar thermal power, TV (all these topics) |
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Amory Lovins on Charlie Rose
Damn he's smart |
David Roberts |
01 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| The Rocky Mountain Institute's Amory Lovins appeared on PBS's Charlie Rose Show on Tuesday. He was, as usual, brilliant and absurdly quotable. The guy's a human pull-quote generator. Charlie Rose is kind of dippy though. Here's the full video: |
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| Topics: Amory Lovins, TV (all these topics) |
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Show Time
A green-carpet report from the Environmental Media Awards |
Yolanda Crous |
10 Nov 2006 |
Main Dish |
| I adore pop culture. I live for the environment. But I rarely have a chance to indulge my two obsessions at the same time. So when I was invited to cover the Environmental Media Awards, I did an Ashlee Simpson-esque jig. Fashion! Hybrids! Great hair! Really, could a gossip-rag-reading, E!-network-loving enviro ask for anything more? (Well, maybe Britney Spears on my Us Weekly Fantasy League team, but ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Prius: the new drug dealer bling
From the show Weeds |
David Roberts |
27 Oct 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Showtime's semi-hit show Weeds is about Nancy Botwin, a suburban stay-at-home mother of two boys who, after the death of her husband, turns to selling marijuana to make ends meet. Soon she starts growing too. I'm in the midst of watching the second season. With some partners, Nancy's just developed a new strain (dubbed "MILF weed" by Snoop Dogg himself) and started selling it. Cash is pouring in, so Nancy goes on a shopping spree. Here's a short clip of wha ... |
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| Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, green living, messaging, Prius, TV (all these topics) |
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Green goes primetime on ABC
New shows make mention of global warming, other issues |
Sarah van Schagen |
23 Oct 2006 |
Gristmill |
| OK, people. It's not like I spend every waking minute watching bad TV. (I also work, ya know!) But I did happen to catch this week's episodes of two new ABC shows, Ugly Betty and Brothers and Sisters -- and both made brief mention of environmental issues. In Ugly Betty, a comedy based on the mishaps of a young editorial assistant making her way at a major fashion mag, the characters scramble to come up with a new holiday photo spread after their original idea is l ... |
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| Topics: TV (all these topics) |
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Bill McKibben on Big Picture TV
Watch |
David Roberts |
29 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Despite my best efforts, I can never get the videos on Big Picture TV to work. (I wish everyone would just switch to Flash, a la YouTube.) But perhaps you can. If so, go check out the three clips of Bill McKibben they just put up. And let me know if they're any good. |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, TV (all these topics) |
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Is a brand-new hybrid SUV a "grand" prize?
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Sarah van Schagen |
16 Aug 2006 |
Gristmill |
| As I've mentioned before, I'm definitely not a closet reality TV fan. But if I were, I might note that tonight is the finale of So You Think You Can Dance, a Fox gem by the creators of American Idol, except, you know, with dancing. (I mean, I assume.) Why am I mentioning this here? Well, the winner of tonight's show will go away with a grand-prize package that includes, in addition to a year's contract as a dancer with Celine Dion's Vegas show, a brand-new hybrid S ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, TV (all these topics) |
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Tim Flannery on Big Picture TV
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Chris Schults |
11 Aug 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I don't know how they do it, but Big Picture TV has added author and Australian scientist Tim Flannery to their impressive list of talking heads. Tim Flannery wrote The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means For Life on Earth which was reviewed by Grist back in March. In this four-part series, Flannery chats about the carbon debt, action for solutions, the end of denial, and taxing carbon. |
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| Topics: climate, TV (all these topics) |
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Electric Car director on Daily Show
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David Roberts |
04 Aug 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car?, appeared on The Daily Show last night, and did pretty well.Video below the fold. |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Peak oil and politics
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John McGrath |
03 Aug 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Last week the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ran part one of a two-part series on how Cuba survived without oil after the fall of the Soviet Union. (Not technically true -- there was oil, just far too little of it.) The next part runs this Sunday and has to do with the redefinition of Cuban medicine in the post-oil world. It's all very fascinating, and it's produced by one of our national treasures, David Suzuki.But it's had me thinking once more about the likely res ... |
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| Topics: Cuba, David Suzuki, oil, politics, Russia, TV, United States (all these topics) |
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Sundance Channel Green
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Chris Schults |
20 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| This just in: Sundance founder, Robert Redford announced today that Sundance Channel will launch SUNDANCE CHANNEL GREEN, a weekly primetime destination block focusing on environmental topics, in early 2007. Consisting of three hours of hosted programming, SUNDANCE CHANNEL GREEN will present original series and documentary premieres about the earth's ecology and concepts of 'green' living that balance human needs with responsible environmental stewardship. With SUN ... |
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| Topics: green living, Robert Redford, TV (all these topics) |
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Hood Games: Stop clearcutting the youth
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Chris Schults |
04 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Over at Treehugger TV, there is a new video about Comet Skateboards (a green 'board manufacturing company) and their community event, Hood Games: In addition to raising funds and for a sustainably designed skate park in downtown Oakland CA, Comet has collaborated with others to put on Hood Games. Hood Games 4 took place in Oakland, and brought together a truly remarkable gathering of the skateboarders, parents, and friends for a full day of music, art, and of course ... |
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| Topics: California, green building, sports, TV, websites (all these topics) |
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EMA Awards 2006: Call for entries
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Chris Schults |
30 Jun 2006 |
Gristmill |
| The Environmental Media Association is seeking entries for their Sixteenth Annual Environmental Media Awards. (You might recall that Vanessa McGrady covered last year's event for Grist.) Categories include: Feature Film Made for TV Movie Television Episodic Comedy Television Episodic Drama Reality Program (New!) Children's TV Program: Animated & Live Action Daytime Soap Opera (New!) Documentary: Short (under 45 minutes) Documentary: Feature (over 45 m ... |
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| Topics: innovation, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Addicted to Oil, with Tom Friedman
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David Roberts |
26 Jun 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I poke fun at Thomas Friedman on occasion. His platitudinous, gee-whiz, American-tourist prose, presented with a heaping helping of deep-think pretension, is a target-rich environment. But that gee-whiz persona serves him well when he's right, and he's right about energy. His Discovery Channel program Addicted to Oil, which aired Sat. night, is absolutely stellar. Catch re-runs if you can -- or, if you lack scruples, the torrent is floating around. I'm sure green ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, oil, TV (all these topics) |
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Too graphic for TV
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Chris Schults |
25 Jun 2006 |
Gristmill |
| From peta2.com, PETA's youth-oriented site, we learn of a new music video by Rise Against intended to '[show] everyone what goes on in the world and what people are doing to this planet and to animals.' According to band member Tim McIlrath: It is the most important video Rise Against has ever made. This video transcends our band and our music and talks about a much bigger picture, a picture that affects each of us. I hope people check this video out and then sha ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, music, TV (all these topics) |
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Al Gore on Today show
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Chris Schults |
24 May 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Hey, NBC's Today is focusing on -- wait for it -- climate change! Check out Katie Couric's interview with Al Gore. (Sigh, requires IE.) |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, TV (all these topics) |
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