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It's the Green Economy, Stupid
At Dem debate, candidates agree on green jobs, fight over everything else |
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21 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:10 PM on 21 Jan 2008 Photo: AP/Mary Ann Chastain At the acrimonious Democratic presidential debate on Monday night, the three leading candidates bickered over a whole range of issues, but they all agreed on one thing: the need to invest in creating green-collar jobs. The CNN moderators didn't ask any questions about the environment, but Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, green jobs, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Barack Obama at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 20 Jan. 2008
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David Roberts |
21 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Full transcript under the fold:----- Barack Obama at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 20 Jan. 2008 The Scripture tells us that when Joshua and the Israelites arrived at the gates of Jericho, they could not enter. The walls of the city were too steep for any one person to climb; too strong to be taken down with brute force. And so they sat for days, unable to pass on through. But God had a plan for his people. He told them to stand together and march together ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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She'll Be Comin' Down on the Mountain
Clinton and Romney win in Nevada; McCain wins in South Carolina |
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19 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:21 PM on 19 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama to win the Democratic caucuses in Nevada on Saturday, getting 51 percent of the vote compared to Obama's 45 (and John Edwards' dismal 4). The economy was the top concern among Nevada voters surveyed, but the environment may have played a role too. Clinton tried to gain an edge in the state by touting her pledge to shut down th ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The Coal War
Coal lobbyists step up their game |
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18 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:08 PM on 18 Jan 2008 A group called Americans for Balanced Energy Choices is waging a $35 million campaign urging Americans to make one choice in particular: coal. As U.S. activists step up their protests against coal plants -- and find increasing success -- the industry-backed ABEC is running ads chirping that the black rock "powers our way of life" and "will help us with vital energy security." Radio, print, and TV ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Number one reason Al Gore will not be Barack Obama's running mate
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David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| He is sane. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Sebelius as VP?
Can the Kansas governor show toughness under assault from Big Coal? |
David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A certain faction of young progressive bloggers is fond of the notion of Barack Obama picking Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate. She is a successful, popular, progressive governor in a red state, and has shown a real talent for bringing people together to produce practical results. That would compliment Obama's core message. (Then again, she's a woman, and if this race has demonstrated anything, it's that misogyny is alive and well in America.) What fa ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, energy, Kansas, politics, presidential race 08, state politics (all these topics) |
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Hear You Loud and Nuclear
Hillary Clinton brings an environmental issue to the fore in Nevada |
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17 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:14 PM on 17 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton is taking pains to make sure all Nevadans know her views on -- gasp! -- an environmental issue: She would stop plans to store nuclear waste at the state's Yucca Mountain repository. "This is not just, 'We're in Nevada, so we'll talk about an issue Nevadans care about,'" Clinton assured voters. "This is an American issue." Yucca Mounta ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Comin' Round the Mountain
Leading Dem candidates talk nuclear power at Nevada debate |
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16 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:18 PM on 16 Jan 2008 The three leading Democratic presidential candidates came together in Nevada last night for yet another debate. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama all wooed Nevada voters by voicing opposition to the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository, with Edwards taking his opposition a step further and coming out against all new nuclear construction. The highest drama came b ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Tabling the presidential discussion, part I: Follow the money
How Obama and Clinton stack up on food and ag |
Tom Philpott |
10 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Now that the Democratic campaign has narrowed to two clear front-runners -- each of whom has managed a surprise victory over the other in a major primary -- the time has come to take a look at how they stack up on food and ag policy.If elected, would these prospective presidents kowtow to Big Food interests -- or work to rebuild local and regional food systems? To gain insight, over several posts I'll compare and contrast Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on three fr ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Barack Obama, elections, food, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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'His ideas have mirrored John's'
Elizabeth Edwards says her hubby is the man to build a social movement |
David Roberts |
08 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| From Ezra Klein's short but interesting interview with Elizabeth Edwards: Ezra Klein: The message you seemed to be previewing on Sunday was that Obama's a great guy, he's got a great philosophy, really good ideas, but it's in his head and not in his heart. Elizabeth Edwards: Except for the ideas part, sure. His health care plan is slightly different, but in most everything else, he's adopted what John had said before. I'm not saying he can't have great ide ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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False hopes
Are Obama and Edwards promising ponies? |
David Roberts |
08 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Hillary Clinton is getting in lots of trouble for some recent comments, but I suspect that while her message is politically doomed, there's some truth to it. Some background: At the debate, Clinton said that candidates shouldn't be creating "false hopes" among the American people. After the debate, Obama commented that that was like MLK, Jr., mounting the steps of the capitol and saying, "sorry guys, false hope. The dream will die." Then, today, in ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Moving money in the economy
More on climate policy in the Dem debate |
David Roberts |
06 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Responding to some of the comments on Dot Earth: Obama is right that a cap-and-trade program with 100 percent auctioned permits would be the functional equivalent of a carbon tax. Yes that does, in Richardson's rather daft phrase, "take money out of the economy," in the sense that any tax does. Happily, the other half of Obama's plan is to plow the money right back into the economy, reducing the financial hit on the working class, supporting renewable energ ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Clinton v. Obama on energy
Clinton hangs 2005 energy bill around Obama's neck |
David Roberts |
06 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Quite interesting that Clinton went after Obama specifically on energy tonight: You know, the energy bill that passed in 2005 was larded with all kinds of special interest breaks, giveaways to the oil companies. Senator Obama voted for it. I did not because I knew that it was going to be an absolute nightmare. Now we're all out on the campaign trail talking about taking the tax subsidies away from the oil companies, some of which were in that 2005 energy bill ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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DeSmogBlog owes Obama three apologies
Obama is in no way 'George Bush Lite' |
Joseph Romm |
06 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I am a big fan of the climate website, DeSmogBlog. So I was shocked when, the day after his unprecedented victory in Iowa, DeSmogBlog gave Barack Obama 'the inaugural 2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming.' Gimme a break. How could anyone win that award any year -- let alone in its inaugural year -- when George W. Bush is still president? [Not to mention a year in which Lomborg and Inhofe continue their influential disinformation compaigns!] A ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, George Bush, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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A thought out of season
Noise, signal, and the presidential election |
Tom Philpott |
06 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Say David is right and the 2008 presidential election comes down to Obama vs. McCain. That means we're looking at historic, though frankly probably inadequate, climate-change legislation. On foreign policy, McCain has been an abysmal apologist for the Iraq debacle. That doesn't bode well. But Obama, to prove he's not a weak-kneed liberal, might be goaded into taking crudely aggressive stances -- just as Bill Clinton seemed to take a poke at Iraq every time Monica-g ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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How will climate play out in an Obama v. McCain race?
Will climate wash out as an issue or help the greener candidate? |
David Roberts |
04 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| If we end up with an Obama v. Romney/Giuliani/Thompson race, the green dynamic will be simple. The guy who wants to do something about global warming vs. the guy who prefers the energy status quo. But if, as I'm now (wildly and irresponsibly) predicting, it's an Obama v. McCain race, the dynamic shifts in some interesting ways. If you're a pessimistic sort, you might guess that McCain's early and courageous advocacy on climate change will neutralize the climate issu ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Iowa, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The Dem primary endgame
The candidacy is Obama's to lose |
David Roberts |
03 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| One hesitates to predict anything in a race this mercurial. But I think it's Obama's to lose at this point. Hillary's pitch was always "experience" and (left unstated) inevitability. It was never the experience that made her inevitable, though. It was something more like Dem voters' loss aversion. She has always been the Establishment Dem -- the known quantity. She didn't inspire people, but she was a safe pick, a model voters understand. She could get to ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Iowa Hearts Huckabee -- and Obama Too
Huckabee and Obama win Iowa caucuses; what's the green angle? |
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03 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 6:38 PM on 03 Jan 2008 Mike Huckabee is the projected winner of the Iowa GOP caucuses, a surprising victory that puts him at the front of the pack in the Republican presidential race -- at least until the New Hampshire primary next week. Huckabee is one of just two GOP candidates who support a cap-and-trade system to fight climate change (McCain is the other), although Huckabee hasn't c ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Iowa called
Huckabee and Obama have it |
David Roberts |
03 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Sounds like they've called the Iowa caucuses. Huckabee's the huge winner on the R side, with Romney an anemic second. Obama got a very narrow win on the D side (35%), with Edwards and Clinton effectively tied for second with 31%. Interestinger and interestinger. UPDATE: OK, the final looks like 37% Obama, 30% Edwards, and 29% Clinton. Clinton only won a single age group: 65+ Obama overwhelmingly won the under-30 crowd, which turned out in record numbers. The tota ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama expecting 'serious conversation' about 'drastic steps' on climate change
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David Roberts |
06 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| There was -- see if this sounds familiar -- almost nothing about climate or energy in the recent Democratic primary debate hosted by NPR. There was one intriguing tidbit at the end, however, triggered off this question from a listener: Mr. JAMES IRWIN: What do you think the toughest choice you have left to make is? Is it gay marriage, immigration, the war in Iraq? What haven't you made up your mind on yet? And why haven't you? Clinton, Gravel, Dodd, Edwards, an ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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WTF happened to a 'new direction'?
Obama condemns mining reform package as too hard on the mining industry |
David Roberts |
08 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Barack Obama is ticking me off. First he opportunistically attacks Clinton for not being enthusiastic enough in her support for corn ethanol -- which he knows perfectly well is an environmental dead end. Then ... this: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he does not support mining reform legislation that recently passed the House of Representatives and would work to find a compromise that is more friendly to the mining industry. 'T ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, mining, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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David Roberts |
26 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| 'I can promise you that as president I will have him involved in our administration in a very senior capacity.' -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, on Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics) |
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Capture the Ag
Barack Obama unveils agriculture plan |
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17 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 8:41 AM on 17 Oct 2007 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama unveiled his agriculture plan yesterday on the campaign trail in Iowa. The plan includes all kinds of proposals that the Obama camp hopes will excite rural Americans -- particularly those who reside in early-primary states. Obama's ag plans include increasing funding to help farmers transition to organic, reforming the USDA's crop-insurance program so it doesn't p ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Barack Obama, news, presidential race 08, United States (all these topics) |
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Once More Into the Speech
Obama introduces ambitious energy plan |
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08 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 5:24 PM on 08 Oct 2007 Barack Obama unveiled the details of his energy policy proposal in a speech in New Hampshire today, and he's swinging for the fences. At the center is a cap-and-trade system that would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. Notably, Obama is the first major presidential candidate to propose that 100 percent of the initial emission permits be auctioned rather than freely allocated, a po ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama energy thoughts
Thoughts and reactions on Obama's bold new energy proposal |
David Roberts |
08 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Staying with the Monday Is Obama Day theme, here are a few thoughts on Obama's energy plan. (Full plan here; speech introducing the plan here.) Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised -- even shocked -- at its quality. It's a deft mix of good politics and strong, substantive policy. Here are what I see as the three headlines: 100% auction of cap-and-trade credits. This is a home run, a real act of standard-setting boldness (the kind that Obama always promises but ra ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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