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And the Carbon Goes to ... Northeast states' first carbon auction goes smoothly despite financial crisis	Doug Struck	29 Sep 2008	Grist Feature
Carbon allowances sold for $3.07 per ton in the nation's first regional cap-and-trade auction, auction officials said Monday. The price was lower than futures markets had predicted but higher than the minimum price some had feared. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction held last Thursday sold all of the 12.6 million allowances offered in this first biddi ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, utilities (all these topics)

While McCain and Obama squabble ...	David Roberts	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
... about who supports clean energy more, Calif. governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pulling together a summit of community and local leaders from Europe, Australia, India, China, and all 50 states to discuss how best to battle climate change. This is part of the great undercovered story of the climate battle: national governments are largely impotent, while action races forward on the ground.
Topics: politics, events, climate, energy, Arnold Schwarzenegger (all these topics)

RGGI: Not dead yet Pulitzers await the enterprising journalist who digs into the RGGI efficiency story	Adam Stein	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the first legally binding cap-and-trade system in the hemisphere, kicked off yesterday with the world's largest carbon credit auction. The program immediately failed. I don't know anything about the results of the auction, which won't be made public until Monday, but I do know that whatever happened, RGGI is a great big failure. I know this because journalists prepared its obituary weeks ago. The New York Times recently explaine ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, economy, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Wood you, could you, prevent climate change? Duke Energy announces investment in wood biomass on first day of the Clinton Global Initiative	Kate Sheppard	24 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative kicked off today, bringing together heads of state, business leaders, and representatives from non-governmental organizations in New York City to discuss major initiatives to address the world's challenges. 'Energy & Climate Change' are among the four commitment areas the conference is focused on this year, and former President Bill Clinton began the day by announcing several new commitments in that area. ...
Topics: biomass, climate, energy, green jobs, international politics, Muckraker, news, politics, World Bank (all these topics)

'That assumption just went splat' Al Gore on the climate and financial crises	Kate Sheppard	24 Sep 2008	Gristmill
In this morning's first panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, former President Bill Clinton and his VP, Al Gore, talked about how the nation's financial situation might have played out differently if we'd dealt intelligently with energy issues years ago -- a theme Clinton has sounded several times this week. Gore said that the climate crisis and the financial meltdown are based on similar assumptions. 'The current economic crisis was triggered, of c ...
Topics: coal, oil shale, Wall Street, economy, climate, energy, politics, news, Muckraker, Al Gore (all these topics)

As dirty as Inhofe John McCain's environmental record is as bad as climate change denier James Inhofe	Joseph Romm	22 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is an avowed climate science believer who comes from a state with enough solar resource to power the entire nation. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is an avowed climate science denier who comes from a major oil patch state. So why has McCain voted with Inhofe and against clean energy and the environment a staggering 42 out of 44 times since the mid-1990s? And that doesn't even include eight straight votes on extending the renewable energy tax c ...
Topics: renewable energy, energy, politics, climate, John McCain, lying liars, James Inhofe (all these topics)

What is this, a TE party? The one clean-tech breakthrough that could lead to a core climate solution: Thermoelectricity	Joseph Romm	19 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The buzzwords of the day: TE with high TZ. The world doesn't need a major technology breakthrough to cost-effectively cut carbon emissions in half by mid-century. Indeed, most such breakthroughs would be difficult to deploy fast enough and on a large enough scale to make a large difference in that time frame. Other key medium-term technologies, like low-cost solar photovoltaics, don't require breakthroughs so much as they need steady technological advances, econ ...
Topics: energy, renewable energy, scientific research, tech, climate science, climate (all these topics)

Efficiency and trust Two reasons climate/energy policy assessments frequently undercount benefits	David Roberts	19 Sep 2008	Gristmill
I forgot two other things I wanted to note about the CARB study showing that California's climate program will positively benefit the economy and public health. First, and crucially, the press release notes that "the bulk of the economic benefits are the result of investments in energy efficiency that more than pay for themselves over time." Or in the stiff language of the report itself, "Positive impacts are anticipated primarily because the investmen ...
Topics: climate, legislation, energy, energy efficiency, California (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: You say you want some devolution ... Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are pursuing dramatically different environmental strategies	Ben Tuxworth	17 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- Over the past decade, the current British government has taken a crack at devolution, giving Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales a level of operational government unseen for a century or more. The fledgling administrations of these three 'devolved nations' have embarked on very different policy trajectories on ...
Topics: climate, Wales, United Kingdom, oil, Scotland, energy (all these topics)

Spectra New Zealand conservative party introduces green agenda	David Roberts	16 Sep 2008	Gristmill
New Zealand's center-right National Party released its proposed environmental agenda last week. The center-left Labour Party and the Green Party both denounced it as tepid. Check out what's included, and imagine for a moment that it had been offered by Republicans in Congress: A legislated target of 50 per cent reduction in carbon emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2050. An emissions trading system (ETS). National would amend the Labour scheme within nine mont ...
Topics: climate, energy, New Zealand, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Hot, flat, and badly reviewed Gregg Easterbrook still knows nothing about global warming -- and less about clean energy	Joseph Romm	15 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Slate magazine is seen as liberal, but is in fact just another status quo publication promoting a do-nothing policy on clean energy and global warming. Why else ask for a review of Tom Friedman's new call to action, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, from the American Bj�rn Lomborg? And I don't mean that in a good way. I'm speaking about Gregg Easterbrook, well-known fountain of climate and energy misinformation. I've already commented on Friedman's must-read book here. T ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change impacts, energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

The moving Fingar writes Reduced dominance is predicted for U.S.	Joseph Romm	12 Sep 2008	Gristmill
While its conclusions won't surprise Grist readers, this unusually savvy new intelligence forecast reported in today's Post ought to serve as a wake-up call for the largely clueless 'Establishment': An intelligence forecast being prepared for the next president on future global risks envisions a steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decades, as the world is reshaped by globalization, battered by climate change, and destabilized by regional upheavals over sho ...
Topics: climate, energy, national security, politics (all these topics)

Livin' and Dion Environment and energy hot topics in Canadian election		12 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 3:12 PM on 12 Sep 2008 Canada is gearing up for an Oct. 14 election between two main candidates with similar first names but little in common policy-wise. Liberal leader Stephane Dion is campaigning for a "Green Shift" that would include a carbon tax on most fuels, excepting gasoline. Revenue would be used to cut income and business taxes as well as providing incentives for clean energy. Dion on Friday pr ...
Topics: Canada, carbon tax, climate, elections, energy, energy efficiency, news, politics (all these topics)

The Cost Tic Big emissions gains require big investments; get over it	David Roberts	12 Sep 2008	Gristmill
I'm not particularly invested in white roofs -- the subject of several stories yesterday, reporting research showing that painting roofs white in several major urban areas would have a surprisingly large effect on warming -- but Keith Johnson's response on Environmental Capital makes me grind my teeth: The scale and cost of any program that would re-top all the roofs and paved surfaces in cities the size of Los Angeles, Mexico City, New Delhi, and Tokyo simultane ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, investing, renewable energy (all these topics)

Now They've Gone and Gordon It Greenpeace protesters acquitted in coal-activism case		10 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 1:10 PM on 10 Sep 2008 In a decision that anti-coal activists say is a gamechanger, six Greenpeace protesters have been acquitted of nearly $53,000 in criminal-damage charges for painting "Gordon" on a British coal plant. The activists climbed a 650-foot coal-plant chimney last year with the intent to paint "Gordon bin it" in huge letters, aiming to pressure Prime Minister Gordon B ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, England, Gordon Brown, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, James Hansen, litigation, news, progress (all these topics)

Head in the oil sands Turns out McCain doesn't care about the greatest threat we face	Joseph Romm	10 Sep 2008	Gristmill
All you need to know about McCain's core beliefs on climate change: The 72-year-old McCain named a global-warming-denying, Big Oil Super-Shill as his vice presidential nominee. His much anticipated acceptance speech never once mentioned the gravest threat facing the health and well-being of the nation and the world. After walking away from a mandatory cap-and-trade system, he is now running an ad that appears to attack the very idea of cap-and-trade. I have l ...
Topics: Sarah Palin, John McCain, presidential race 08, elections, climate, energy, politics, video (all these topics)

Barr on the Record An interview with Bob Barr about his presidential platform on energy and the environment	Kate Sheppard	09 Sep 2008	Grist Feature
Bob Barr. Photo: Bob Barr for President In July, Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate for president, attended a big climate-change speech by Al Gore and found himself being praised by the former vice president for paying serious attention to the issue. After the speech, Barr issued a statement commending Gore for his "efforts and leadership" on global ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, interview, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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: energy, climate, elections, politics, news, Republican National Convention, Muckraker (all these topics)

Dem greens Where climate/energy issues stand in the Democratic Party	David Roberts	02 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Being an "issue" journalist can be frustrating for a number of reasons (most of which I'll reserve for a future post). One is the persistent temptation to fall into trainspotting mode -- waiting around for politicians or pundits to mention your issue. "He said the words 'climate change'! He mentioned solar power!" This stuff (which I do plenty of) has some value, but it can give a distorted impression of the larger political dynamic. So I want t ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, energy, green jobs, national security, politics (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: A Pe�a for your thoughts Former Energy Secretary Federico Pe�a talks to Grist about energy, climate, and security	Kate Sheppard	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
We interviewed former Energy Secretary Federico Pe�a shortly after his Tuesday night convention speech on energy, the economy, and security. Pe�a was secretary of transportation from 1993 to 1997, then secretary of energy from 1997 to 1998, under President Bill Clinton:
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, energy, Muckraker, video (all these topics)

Pickens in a pickle T. Boone Pickens embraces progressive policies but not progressive politicians	Joseph Romm	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I interviewed the billionaire conservative oilman for Salon. My article and the interview are now online here. My goal was not to trip him up with the flaws in his plan, but just to explore some of the key issues, especially the role of government in making it happen. Talking to him it is clear he is very genuinely concerned about the impoverishment we face on our current laissez-faire energy path -- a $10 trillion transfer of wealth from Americans to the rest o ...
Topics: climate, energy, politics, T Boone Pickens, wind power (all these topics)

DNC: Dingell ducks Grist tries (unsuccessfully) to find out Rep. John Dingell's climate and energy plans	Kate Sheppard	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) spoke yesterday at an event sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation -- 'I Fish, I Hunt, I Vote Conservation' -- where he talked up conservation efforts and the common ground Democrats have with sportsmen. We tried to get Dingell, who is notoriously tight-lipped, to tell us about his plans for climate and energy legislation. But it was to little avail -- all we could get was, 'Chairman Dingell wan ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, energy, John Dingell, Muckraker, 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)

You've Got a Visible Party Line GOP platform acknowledges human-caused climate change, leaves out ANWR drilling		28 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:59 AM on 28 Aug 2008 The Republican platform for 2008, hammered out by the Republican National Committee ahead of the party's convention next week, is mildly greener than in 2004, making it "the greenest platform we've ever had," according to a member of the committee. The draft platform acknowledges humans' role in climate change but still takes digs at the issu ...
Topics: climate, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08, United States (all these topics)

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