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RNC: We're no doom-sayers on climate Republican platform acknowledges climate change but spurns 'no-growth' radicalism	Kate Sheppard	02 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The Republican Party approved its 2008 platform yesterday, which it hailed in a press release as containing 'the most aggressive and innovative energy policy in Republican Party history.' But the approved version differs significantly from earlier drafts in the climate and energy realm. This line, which appeared in an earlier draft, was dropped: 'Increased atmospheric carbon has a warming effect on the earth.' While the final acknowledges the role of humans in cli ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, Republican National Convention (all these topics)

DNC: Extending the olive Blanche Sen. Blanche Lincoln on energy and climate legislation	Kate Sheppard	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln spoke about conservation at the National Wildlife Federation event in Denver this week. Since Lincoln is one of the cosponsors of the 'Gang of 10' energy bill -- a compromise that includes both investment in renewables and some offshore drilling -- we caught up with her afterward to talk about energy policy:
Topics: Arkansas, climate, Democratic National Convention, energy, Muckraker, politics, video (all these topics)

DNC: On your Markey Rep. Ed Markey talks about the Dems' strategy for energy legislation in the House	Kate Sheppard	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Yesterday, I talked to Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming, about what to expect from the Democrats on energy legislation when Congress goes back into session next month. We also discussed the Dems' plans for climate and energy legislation next year:
Topics: climate, Congress, Democratic National Convention, Ed Markey, energy, Muckraker, politics, video (all these topics)

DNC: The green scene Energy is all the rage at this year's gathering	Kate Sheppard	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
As David has noted, the thing to know about being in Denver right now is that it's a madhouse. There are more people and events here than one could possibly imagine. And things are spread out all over the city. I logged six miles on the bike I borrowed from Freewheelin just running around downtown trying to get Grist's convention credentials on the first day. There's too much to take in. Every street corner has three people vending homemade Obama paraphernalia. Truc ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, energy, green jobs, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

DNC: Warner's keynote Virginia Senate candidate focuses on energy and climate challenge	Kate Sheppard	26 Aug 2008	Gristmill
As promised, Virginia Senate candidate Mark Warner devoted a portion of his keynote tonight to energy and climate concerns. 'Two wars, a warming planet, an energy policy that says let's borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us,' said Warner. 'How many people look at these things and wonder what the future holds for them? Their children? Their country? How many?' 'People always ask me, 'What's your biggest criticism of President Bush?' ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Muckraker, politics, video (all these topics)

DNC: What the next administration needs to do on climate and energy Bill Becker, head of the Presidential Climate Action Project, talks to Grist	Kate Sheppard	26 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project, is here at the Democratic convention talking about what the next administration will need to do on climate and energy. Becker is also the Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy at the University of Colorado Denver's School of Public Affairs. He was previously the director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Central Regional Office, where he focused on energy efficiency, re ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, energy, Muckraker, politics, video (all these topics)

DNC: The Hart of the matter Gary Hart talks to Grist about climate and energy policy and the next president	Kate Sheppard	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Energy, climate, and national-security concerns are inextricably joined in the modern political environment, says former Democratic Colorado Sen. Gary Hart. This fact should elevate sound climate and energy policy to a top-tier issue in this year's election, he said, for both politicians and voters. 'I think if ordinary, everyday Americans understood that we are sacrificing the lives of our sons and daughters to get somebody else's oil to drive energy-inefficient ve ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

How would you spend $10 billion? House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says he'd invest in clean energy	Kate Sheppard	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Wall Street Journal asked House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) how he would spend $10 billion of the country's monetary resources. He says it should be spent on clean energy: A dramatic investment in clean energy would be the most effective check on aggressive petroregimes from Moscow to Tehran. It would be the best long-term solution to global warming. And energy independence is the most effective step we can take for American families staggering under t ...
Topics: climate, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Breakfast with Bingaman Sen. Bingaman talks climate and energy with reporters	Kate Sheppard	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
'Getting a cap-and-trade program enacted is going to be a heavy lift,' Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) told a group of reporters over breakfast this morning. Bingaman, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke today about the challenges and opportunities in both climate and energy legislation, stressing that while he doesn't 'despair of it,' addressing those concerns will be a 'substantial challenge for the next president' and Congress. Bi ...
Topics: climate, Congress, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

'I don't think those things are going to get very far' McCain adviser Forbes suggests candidate will dump cap-and-trade plan	Kate Sheppard	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Steve Forbes, who serves as an economic adviser to John McCain, suggested on The Glenn Beck Program last week that he expected the Republican presidential candidate to abandon his call for a cap-and-trade system to regulate emissions once he takes office: I think cap and trade is going to go the way of some other things. As you may remember, when he came into office, Bill Clinton had a proposal of tax carbons and stuff like that. I don't think those things are going ...
Topics: climate, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

What about Bob? Sen. Robert Menendez chats with Grist about climate legislation	Kate Sheppard	25 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Robert Menendez. In the Senate debate over the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act last month, Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) stood out as one of the most vocal advocates for making polluters pay to emit greenhouse gases rather than giving them free carbon credits. He also spoke up about the need to spend more on clean technology and help developing countries adapt to climate shifts. Menendez floated a handful of proposed amendments to the climate le ...
Topics: climate, Congress, energy, interview, legislation, Muckraker, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Clear and present endangerment Republicans block subpoena of EPA climate document, while Boxer releases choice excerpts	Kate Sheppard	24 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has been foiled in her attempt to obtain and make public a U.S. EPA document on the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases, thanks to Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee that she chairs. The document in question is an endangerment finding that the White House refused to accept when the EPA emailed it to the Office of Management and Budget in December 2007. EPA staffers have said that their findings -- that ...
Topics: climate, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

What do Juneau? Grist talks to Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mark Begich	Kate Sheppard	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Anchorage's Democratic mayor, Mark Begich, is challenging Republican incumbent Ted Stevens for his Senate seat this November. Begich, 46, is in his fifth year as mayor, and is the city's first mayor actually born in Anchorage. In a state that's already feeling the effects of a warming planet, Begich lists climate change as a top issue in his campaign, calling for a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. He's also big on energy ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, elections, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, video (all these topics)

Speaker for yourself Grist talks to Speaker Nancy Pelosi about climate and energy politics on the Hill	Kate Sheppard	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), any action on climate change hinges on Barack Obama winning the White House this fall. Only the bully-pulpit of the presidency can hope to overcome the deep pockets of the 'agents of the status quo,' Pelosi said Saturday in a conversation with Grist. Pelosi came to the Netroots gathering for an 'Ask the Speaker' session, where attendees got a chance to pick her brain about what's going on in Congress. It was during this eve ...
Topics: climate, Congress, Muckraker, Nancy Pelosi, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, video (all these topics)

The hole truth EPA proposes new regulations for injecting carbon into the ground	Kate Sheppard	15 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The EPA released a proposal for a new rule on Tuesday that lays some of the groundwork needed to get carbon capture and storage technology up and running. If formally adopted, the new rule would create a new class of injection wells under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act's Underground Injection Control program. There are currently five different types of wells; this would add a sixth for those created to store carbon emissions from coal-fired power pl ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, climate change mitigation, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Come health or high water EPA scientists spell out dangers of climate change while EPA chief delays action	Kate Sheppard	15 Jul 2008	Gristmill
While EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and the rest of the Bush administration have decided to run out the clock on regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, EPA scientists have released their own document [PDF] detailing the health risks posed by a warming planet, including wildfires, smog, disease, and an increased number of heat-related deaths. The 149-page endangerment analysis outlines the risks that global warming poses to human health, as well as air quality, ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Czar Schwarzenegger? California governor says he'd be willing to serve in Obama's cabinet	Kate Sheppard	14 Jul 2008	Gristmill
On ABC's 'This Week' yesterday, California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a McCain supporter, suggested that he'd be willing to serve as 'energy czar' for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Host George Stephanopoulos asked the governor about a report that he attributed to Newsweek that said Obama would consider Schwarzenegger for a cabinet post, possibly one dealing with energy and environmental issues. Here's the exchange: Stephanopoulos: ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, climate, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Hill heap A weekly roundup of greenish news from the capitol	Kate Sheppard	13 Jul 2008	Gristmill
According to a new EPA analysis, the 'value of a statistical life' is now worth $6.9 million, which is nearly $1 million less than it was five years ago. This is important politically because when government agencies create regulations about things like air pollution, they use this statistical value to weigh the costs against the benefits of a proposed rule. Explains the AP, 'Consider, for example, a hypothetical regulation that costs $18 billion to enforce but will p ...
Topics: climate, Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Cap-and-traitor? Conservative blogger thinks McCain is ditching cap-and-trade	Kate Sheppard	09 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Larry Kudlow of National Review seems to think that John McCain has dropped his support for cap-and-trade, after reading the Republican candidate's policy pamphlet [PDF] on 'Jobs for America,' released this week. Kudlow notes that the document includes no mention of cap-and-trade, though there is a portion titled 'Cheap, Clean, Secure Energy for America: The Lexington Project.' He writes: So I picked up the phone and dialed a senior McCain official to make sure thes ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

You win summit, you lose summit Not everyone jazzed about the G8 climate agreement	Kate Sheppard	09 Jul 2008	Gristmill
While G8 leaders are touting yesterday's climate agreement in Hokkaido as 'a significant step forward,' enviros and other world leaders are scoffing at the very idea that any progress was made. G8 leaders agreed yesterday to 'consider and adopt' the goal of cutting emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050, though they didn't agree on how to reach those goals, or any of the other particulars that would need to be hashed out in a global deal. U.S. Climate Action ...
Topics: climate, G8, greenhouse-gas emissions, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Cheney reaction Ex-EPA official details White House interference on climate action	Kate Sheppard	08 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In a letter [PDF] made public today, former deputy EPA administrator Jason Burnett indicates that both the Office of the Vice President and the Council on Environmental Quality have attempted to censor discussion of the consequences that global warming poses to human health. Burnett, who went public about the administration's obstruction after leaving the EPA in early June, detailed the interference in a letter to Environment and Public Works Chair Barbara B ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, jackassery, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Summit of its parts Bush administration, other G8 leaders agree to halve emissions by 2050	Kate Sheppard	08 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Today at the G8 summit, which began yesterday in Hokkaido, Japan, world leaders reached a landmark deal: agreeing to cut emissions in half by 2050. The leaders agreed to 'seriously consider' this goal last year, and six of the eight leaders have been trying desperately to get George Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper -- who continued to resist mandatory cuts as of Monday -- on board. That is, until a breakthrough today. Well, sort of: The Bush admi ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international treaties, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Summit like it hot G8 leaders head to Hokkaido where Bush and his sherpa will provide climate guidance	Kate Sheppard	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
On Monday, George W. Bush will travel to Hokkaido, Japan, for his eighth and final G8 summit, where climate change is likely to be the subject of heated (ahem) talks. At last year's meeting, leaders agreed to seriously consider a goal of cutting global greenhouse-gas emissions 50 percent by 2050. But the Bush administration continues to resist mandatory targets, and in a speech on Wednesday, Bush made sure to again emphasize 'technologies' over regulation. 'I'll ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, George Bush, international treaties, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Sally 4th Sierra Club prompts voters to call legislators about energy bills over the holiday weekend	Kate Sheppard	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Sierra Club began running radio ads this week in six states whose U.S. senators are key votes for energy legislation. Though both Republicans and Democrats were hoping to have accomplished something so they could go home for the holiday and claim victory, Congress went into recess for the 4th of July holiday this week in a deadlock over energy policy. Sierra Club's ads are intended to prompt voters to call their senators about two pieces of legislation: the Co ...
Topics: climate, Congress, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Hill heap A weekly roundup of greenish news from the Capitol	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Some political news debris from this week: The League of Conservation Voters announced today that they've created the first green bundling site. This allows folks to donate en masse to green candidates around the country. LCV will direct the funds to the candidates it will support this year in Senate and House races. Just off his big Everglades restoration deal, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist hosted a conference on climate change. Crist's friend and Californi ...
Topics: climate, Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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