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Bush's climate summit: What's needed Terry Tamminen and Stewart J. Hudson tell Bush how to make his climate meeting a success	Grist	25 Sep 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest post from Terry Tamminen and Stewart J. Hudson. Tamminen is the Cullman Senior Climate Policy Fellow at the New America Foundation. His latest book is Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction. Hudson is president of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and co-chair of the U.S. Climate and Energy Funders Group. Preparations for President Bush's Sept. 27-28 summit of world leaders on climate change are underway and will determine how ...
Topics: climate, George Bush, international politics, politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

State emissions registry	David Roberts	10 May 2007	Gristmill
When I interviewed Terry Tamminen about (among other things) California's experience putting together a climate plan, he stressed the importance of putting together a comprehensive inventory of GHG sources: We had pretty good knowledge of emissions from the utilities sector, but it was poor in terms of the agriculture sector, the cement sector, etc. We had to sharpen our inventory to actually start imposing things and knowing if they work. We're encouraging other st ...
Topics: California, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, state politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Politicians do not appear to be comprehending the complexities Political platform has some weak links	biodiversivist	18 Feb 2007	Gristmill
For those of you who have not seen it yet, Terry Tamminen has a piece on Grist's soapbox where he shares his ideas for a presidential platform. I have no problems with items 1 through 3. Item 4 needs work: Replace these vehicles with ones that run on the cleanest fuels available, which today are biofuels, natural gas, and hydrogen. First, one must contend with the negative environmental issues associated with biofuels before implementing them, not to mention that ...
Topics: Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Count Me In My presidential platform calls for clean air and no war. What about yours?	Terry Tamminen	16 Feb 2007	Soapbox
Grab hold of the political moment. Image: iStockphoto The U.S. appears headed for a bumper crop of 2008 presidential candidates, most of which know they can't possibly win the nomination, let alone ever be hailed as the chief. So why do they toss in their hats? Many say it's to ensure the national debate includes their ideas for improving America. On that basis, I figured it w ...
Topics: elections, politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Vinod Khosla responds to Terry Tamminen on ethanol Venture capitalist says cellulosic rules	David Roberts	22 Jan 2007	Gristmill
After I ran the section of the interview with Terry Tamminen on ethanol, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla (whom we interviewed here) contacted me and asked to respond. Naturally, I said yes. His response is below the fold. ----- Terry Tamminen: Right now, obviously, corn ethanol is not a very good bargain -- depending on where it's made. It might make some sense if you're producing it in Kansas or Iowa and using it there to power farm machines. If you're putting ...
Topics: Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Legal strategies to address climate change There are some good ones	David Roberts	17 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: Let's talk legal issues. I can see the analogy between cigarettes causing lung cancer and burning oil causing asthma. You have a reasonably distinct causal chain. You can reasonably point to knowledge on the part of the oil companies. But when it comes to global warming, you have a long and tenuous causal chain, and ambiguous knowledge on the part of the bad actors. It's a kind of second-order externality. Do you think these global warming suits against, ...
Topics: climate, interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Public transit Schwarzenegger wants more	David Roberts	16 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: There's always an emphasis on personal transportation. How do you kick start public transportation and more dense settlements? Did you guys make steps toward that in California? TT: We did. While Prop 87 was going down in flames a week ago, the $60 billion bond package for California infrastructure was passing, with several billion for mass transit. That's a first, because California's like most states -- it's up to local transit agencies to pay for buse ...
Topics: interview, public transportation, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Leading by example The first step in international action	David Roberts	15 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: If you were emperor for a day -- or just president of the U.S. -- what would your international approach be? TT: No. 1 is to lead by example. When Tony Blair came can sat down with Arnold and I before the summit, he took us aside and said, "Look, what you are doing in California so crucial." When he hosted the G8 in 2005 -- whoever's the president of the G8 can pick two topics, and he picked Africa and global warming. On global warming, he adde ...
Topics: interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Nuclear energy and China's development China got troubles	David Roberts	14 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: Bush's token response to global warming is to argue for clean coal and nuclear power. To the extent he's involved in any international discussion, it's the Pacific pact, a trade deal with these emerging markets for old coal and nuclear technology. TT: Bush jumps in a long list of presidents of both parties who have not been able to deal with the [nuclear] waste issue in any meaningful fashion. And talk about a subsidized industry! Once upon a time we t ...
Topics: books, business, interview, nuclear power, oil, politics, Terry Tamminen, United States (all these topics)

Tamminen and hydrogen	David Roberts	13 Jan 2007	Gristmill
I wrote Terry Tamminen a few days ago and offered him a venue to defend his support for hydrogen cars, which is taking quite a beating in comments. Here's his response:Hi David, I've looked over the various comments on hydrogen and rather than comment back, it's all covered in the book. It's not a subject that lends itself to quick simplistic challenges or answers. Like most disruptive technologies, it's complicated and takes some time to understand (for those willing ...
Topics: Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Iraq and energy security It's all about oil, baby	David Roberts	13 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: You say pretty openly that Iraq and a good chunk of our defense spending -- about half total federal expenditures now -- is about oil. Not very long ago that was written off as a hysterical lefty conspiracy theory. TT: Certainly with respect to Iraq, as the excuses get peeled away one by one, even people who wanted to give the president the benefit of the doubt have got to say, either the guy's an incompetent moron, which may be true, or he's been lying ...
Topics: energy, interview, Iraq, oil, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Ethanol Let's wonk it out	David Roberts	12 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: On our site there are many people highly skeptical about biofuels. For lots of reasons: corn ethanol barely breaks even on energy balance. It's an environmental nightmare, with nitrogen fertilizers in the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a commodity sector governed by a few massive multinational corporations, which are lavished with subsidies -- seems awfully reminiscent of the petroleum sector. The inevitable response to any criticism of corn eth ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol, interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Hydrogen, batteries, and electric cars We will wonk you	David Roberts	11 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: You're a big supporter of hydrogen, which is a storage medium for electrical energy. Moving our transportation infrastructure to hydrogen means offloading the power burden from oil and liquid fuels to electricity sources -- predominantly natural gas and coal. How is that an environmental gain, to go from oil to coal? TT: It isn't, but that's a false choice. There are lots of other ways we get hydrogen that are a lot more efficient, cheaper, and more env ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hydrogen, interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Green progress and state climate plans The wonkitude continues	David Roberts	10 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: Over the past few years, the environmental movement has been in a period of self-flagellation about its ineffectiveness on the biggest issue of our time: climate change. You've been on both sides of the NGO/government divide. Do you have any words of wisdom on what environmental groups are doing wrong, or could do better? TT: The chamber of commerce, the oil companies, the big interests, are very well organized. They speak with one voice. When they come ...
Topics: interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Prop 87, AB32, and RGGI (oh my!) More wonky interview	David Roberts	09 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: What happened with Prop. 87 [the Calif. ballot initiative to tax oil company profits]? TT: Well, it failed. It's amazing what $97 million of misleading advertising from oil companies will do, even against $50 million from proponents. And to be honest and fair, not all of it was misleading. Some of it was true. It would set up a new bureaucracy, which is a bad word to people. It didn't have any particular metrics, which is one of the things being argued b ...
Topics: interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Democratic Congress and Republican sincerity The first installment in the wonkiest interview ever	David Roberts	08 Jan 2007	Gristmill
A few months ago, I interviewed Terry Tamminen, author of Lives Per Gallon and, until recently, Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's top environmental adviser. We talked for well over an hour about a wide range of topics. An abridged version of the interview ran in Grist, but I thought some of the ultra-geeks here on Gristmill might enjoy seeing the whole thing. I'll be running it in installments over the course of the week. I apologize in advance if there's some overla ...
Topics: interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

One Nation, Under Terry An interview with California environmental adviser Terry Tamminen	David Roberts	04 Jan 2007	Main Dish
Terry Tamminen is a compact, affable man. With his bluntness and lack of pretense, it's easy to see why Arnold Schwarzenegger trusted him. The California governor brought Tamminen on as his environmental adviser in 2003, elevated him to secretary of the state EPA, and then appointed him a senior cabinet adviser in 2004. In part due to Tamminen's behind-the-scenes influence and t ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, interview, politics, state politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Talking point: (one part of) a unified climate/energy agenda It's all about electricity	David Roberts	13 Dec 2006	Gristmill
When I talked with Terry Tamminen a while back (I'll publish it some day, I promise!), he said something that got me thinking. As Schwarzenegger's top enviro advisor, he's been on the inside, making policy and being lobbied from all sides. He's also been a part of several environmental NGOs, doing the lobbying. So he's seen policy contests from both sides. I asked him why green groups haven't been more effective on climate and energy issues. He said it's simple: when ...
Topics: climate, energy, environmental movement, renewable energy, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen Is a smart guy	David Roberts	15 Nov 2006	Gristmill
Earlier today I had a nice long chat with Terry Tamminen, who until recently was Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's top environmental advisor. It's safe to say that Tamminen is one of the most influential figures in environmental policy in the country, though he's not widely known. Through his friendship and professional association with Schwarzenegger, he helped develop a whole range of innovative policies, including the biggie: AB 32, California's greenhouse-gas r ...
Topics: Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Troth California campaigner spreading carbon-cap gospel to other states		22 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Terry Troth California campaigner spreading carbon-cap gospel to other states Terry Tamminen is restyling himself as the "Johnny Appleseed" of carbon caps. Formerly environmental adviser and cabinet secretary for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), he's now working to spread California's climate policy to other states, and eventually, he hopes, to the country as a whole. First he'll focus on getting southwe ...
Topics: California, climate, news, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Adieu, Advisinator Environmental adviser to Schwarzenegger steps down		22 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Adieu, Advisinator Environmental adviser to Schwarzenegger steps down Terry Tamminen, influential environmental adviser to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is leaving his post, taking with him some of the green -- ethos, that is. Tamminen, a Democrat, was part of the Governator's inner circle and an outspoken voice for environmental protection. Republicans in the California legislature won't miss him -- &q ...
Topics: California, news, politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen leaving post in Schwarzenegger administration	David Roberts	22 Aug 2006	Gristmill
Terry Tamminen, influential environmental advisor to California gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is stepping down. Ostensibly, Tamminen is quitting to campaign for Arnie and remind voters of the governor's green record (after which he will take a post in the private sector and publish a book). Somewhat ironically, though, Tamminen's departure casts serious doubt on whether a second Arnie term would be as green as the first. "Terry's departure leaves a big void i ...
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Lights, Climate, Action Schwarzenegger declares war on global warming		02 Jun 2005	Daily Grist
Lights, Climate, Action Schwarzenegger declares war on global warming "I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat, and the time for action is now." With those words, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) yesterday defied Bush administration orthodoxy, announcing ambitious plans to reduce his state's emissions of greenhouse gases. The Governator issued an ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, news, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry on, My Wayward Son Schwarzenegger promotes environmental advocate to Cabinet secretary		08 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Terry on, My Wayward Son Schwarzenegger promotes environmental advocate to Cabinet secretary California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) will elevate self-described tree hugger Terry Tamminen from his current position as environmental protection secretary to the more powerful position of Cabinet secretary, where he'll serve as a liaison between the governor and department and agency heads. While ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Terry Firma An interview with Terry Tamminen, Schwarzenegger's top enviro official	Mark Hertsgaard	19 Aug 2004	Main Dish
Terry Tamminen. Terry Tamminen, secretary of California's Environmental Protection Agency, may hold the most powerful environmental job in the U.S. outside of Washington, D.C. Not only is California the world's fifth-largest economy, it has long been an environmental trendsetter, pioneering standards in automobile regulation and alternative-energy development that have spread across ...
Topics: California, interview, politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

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