 Stories About: carbon trading AND climate AND elections AND energy AND politics AND presidential race 08
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A compulsive ... nontruth-teller
John McCain avoids using the word 'mandatory' when discussing cap-and-trade |
Joseph Romm |
14 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| When will the media stop calling McCain a straight-talker and realize he is a pathological doubletalker? I realize the 'L' word is frowned upon in politics, so instead of using that word, which, in any case, doesn't do justice to the full range of doubletalk in the political arena -- let's just imagine there is an agreed-upon objective scale from 1 to 10 of veracity (with 5 being half-true) that goes something like this: (10) Fred Thompson, December 2007: 'I' ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The shape of the race
The next U.S. president will favor a carbon cap. What effect this has on the race is anyone's guess. |
Adam Stein |
08 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Now that John McCain is the presumptive Republican nominee, the shape of the debate over climate change takes on different contours. Hillary and Obama are offering substantively similar climate plans, so there's no need to wait for the Democratic contest to be decided before we start gaming out a few scenarios. 1) Will climate change take on more or less prominence as an issue in the general election? Argument for less: with everyone preaching from the same book, th ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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David Roberts |
30 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| "... there are a number of pieces of legislation where [McCain's] views are out of the mainstream, at least in my view, of conservative Republican thought. So, for instance, he's opposed to drilling in ANWR, I believe. ... ... And then now McCain-Lieberman, which is a unilateral -- meaning U.S.-only imposed -- cap-and-trade program, which puts a burden, as much as 50 cents a gallon, on gasoline in this country. It basically says Americans are going to pa ... |
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| Topics: Arctic refuge, carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Mitt Romney, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics) |
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Climate change in last night's GOP debate
McCain's doubletalk express on global warming |
Joseph Romm |
25 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| If you think Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is a straight-talking, courageous politician on the issue of global warming, watch this jaw-dropping clip from last night's Republican presidential debate: The transcript is online, so we can go through McCain's entire Orwellian answer to moderator Tim Russert. [Note: This was following a question to Giuliani about the global warming threat to Florida and his opposition to mandatory caps, which I'll briefly discu ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Clinton's climate and energy plan
Some reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of Hillary's new proposal |
David Roberts |
05 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Efficiency and permit auctions and R&D, oh my! Hillary Clinton released her comprehensive energy and climate plan today. It is thoughtful, comprehensive, and though disappointingly conventional in a few areas, inspiringly bold in others. With the release of Clinton's plan, all three Democratic frontrunners for the presidency now have visionary, far-reaching energy plans that would fundamentally reorient the country away from carbon-intensive energy ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, business, carbon trading, climate, climate equity, coal, elections, energy, energy efficiency, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08, public transportation (all these topics) |
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Election news
Second Repub. candidate backs cap-and-trade |
David Roberts |
22 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Somehow last week I missed Huckabee becoming the second Republican presidential candidate to support a mandatory carbon cap-and-trade system: 'It goes to the moral issue,' the former Arkansas governor said at a climate-change conference [Sat. Oct. 13] in Manchester, New Hampshire. 'We have a responsibility to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, to conserve energy, to find alternative forms of energy that are renewable and sustainable and environmentally friendly.' The ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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