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Gore Text Gore Calls Bush a 'Moral Coward' in Speech on Environment		16 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Gore Text Gore Calls Bush a "Moral Coward" in Speech on Environment The Bush administration is "wholly owned by the coal, oil, utility, and mining companies," said former Vice President Al Gore in a fiery address to a packed theater in New York City on Thursday. The speech -- fourth in a series co ...
Topics: air pollution, Al Gore, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, New York, political groups, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Hot in Herre 2003 Tied for Second-Warmest Year Ever		16 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Hot in Herre 2003 Tied for Second-Warmest Year Ever The year 2003 tied with 2002 for the dubious distinction of being the second-hottest year since 1880 (when such records started being kept), according to federal government data released Thursday. The hottest year ever was 1998, which scientists attribute to the U.S. release of 'N Sync's debut album. We're kidding about that. We're not kidding, however, about the fact that all five of the ...
Topics: climate, energy (all these topics)

Oil and World Bank Shouldn't Mix Report Recommends That World Bank Stop Backing Oil, Coal Projects		11 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Oil and World Bank Shouldn't Mix Report Recommends That World Bank Stop Backing Oil, Coal Projects The World Bank should phase out all investments in oil and coal projects by 2008 because the environmental risks are too high, an independent report has recommended. Now, the bank must figure out how to respond to the Extractive Industry Review, which it commissioned in 2001 following criticism about the bank's backing of natural- ...
Topics: climate, energy, World Bank (all these topics)

Yeah, I'm the Tax, Man British Think Tank Proposes a 'Kyoto Tax' for the U.S.		08 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Yeah, I'm the Tax, Man British Think Tank Proposes a "Kyoto Tax" for the U.S. With Europeans none too happy about the U.S. having ditched the Kyoto Protocol, a British think tank has come up with an idea for making the U.S. pay its fair share to deal with climate change: trade sanctions. The New Economics Foundation has proposed that the European Union tax imports from countries th ...
Topics: climate, energy, European Union, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Hail to the Reef Australia to Protect One-Third of Great Barrier Reef		05 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Hail to the Reef Australia to Protect One-Third of Great Barrier Reef In a major boon to Down Under ecology, fully one-third of the Great Barrier Reef will receive protection, the Australian government announced this week. The move will increase the protected areas of the reef by 40,000 square miles, thereby establishing the lar ...
Topics: Australia, climate, energy, international government agencies, marine life, oceans, outdoor recreation, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Putin: His Foot in His Mouth? Russia Might Ratify Kyoto Protocol, After All		04 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Putin: His Foot in His Mouth? Russia Might Ratify Kyoto Protocol, After All Mark Twain once famously commented that rumors of his death had been greatly exaggerated. Much the same could be said of the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change, which was pronounced dead by gun-jumping news sources (Grist among them, we regret to say) when Andrei Illarionov, chief economic advisor to ...
Topics: climate, energy, international government agencies, Russia, United States (all these topics)

Blue-CFL-Light Special Sales Boost Expected for Energy-Efficient Products		01 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Blue-CFL-Light Special Sales Boost Expected for Energy-Efficient Products What's the perfect holiday gift for the loved one who has everything? Try five compact fluorescent light bulbs. With energy prices expected to balloon this winter, experts are predicting increased sales of energy-efficient consumer products in the U.S. over the coming months. Home Depot recently published a catalog showcasing efficient goods: "We'v ...
Topics: climate, energy, green living (all these topics)

Is That a Lawmaker in Your Pocket, or ... ? A breakdown of the Senate vote on the Climate Stewardship Act		05 Nov 2003	Muckraker

Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

The Thrill of Defeat The climate bill lost out, but the environment may yet prove the winner	Amanda Griscom	05 Nov 2003	Muckraker
"We were nervous as hell," said Kevin Curtis, vice president of National Environmental Trust, describing the sentiment leading up to last Thursday's Senate vote that defeated the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act, 43 to 55. "But it's a great start. This may seem to be a defeat now, but in the end, it's a victory." Lieberman stumps for his bill. Pho ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Muckraker, outdoor recreation, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Coal-hearted New Stats On Energy Use in China Alarm Environmentalists		22 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Coal-hearted New Stats On Energy Use in China Alarm Environmentalists The most populous country on the planet may also pose the biggest threat to the global climate, according to recently released statistics about coal production and consumption in China. Until a few months ago, many energy experts hoped that the nation would have a relatively limited impact on climate change, because its state-owned companies were tho ...
Topics: China, climate, energy, placemaking (all these topics)

Soft Boiled Will a softer McCain-Lieberman bill prove to be harder-hitting?	Amanda Griscom	08 Oct 2003	Muckraker
Even though Sens. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) decided to soften the terms of their climate bill last week, the document may go down in history as one of the hardest-hitting gambits in the U.S. fight against global warming. In fact, easing the demands of the bill -- which proposes a mandatory cap on greenhouse-gas emissions from the energy, industrial, commercial, and ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Oil Be Seeing You Oil and Gas Supplies Will Peak in a Decade, Swedish Scientists Assert		02 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Oil Be Seeing You Oil and Gas Supplies Will Peak in a Decade, Swedish Scientists Assert World oil and gas supplies will peak soon after 2010 and be in short supply thereafter, causing worldwide economic havoc unless societies have adopted alternatives to fossil fuels, Swedish scientists predict in a controversial article published today in New Scientist magazine. Other scientists have estimated that supplies might top out in ...
Topics: climate, energy, green living (all these topics)

The Ice, Man, Cometh Arctic's Biggest Ice Shelf Breaks Apart, Signaling Increased Warming		23 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Ice, Man, Cometh Arctic's Biggest Ice Shelf Breaks Apart, Signaling Increased Warming A 3,000-year-old ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, has broken into pieces over the past two years, highlighting significant warming trends, according to new research published in Geophysical Research Letters. Scientists said they couldn't determine whether the melting was related to increased ...
Topics: Arctic, Arctic Ocean, climate, energy (all these topics)

Some Like It Cool Seeking Relief from Heat, Europeans Turn to Air Conditioning		14 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Some Like It Cool Seeking Relief from Heat, Europeans Turn to Air Conditioning Concerned about their health and wary of technology, Europeans have long cast a skeptical eye on that most commonplace of U.S. appliances, the air conditioner. But this summer's blistering heat has begun to change all that. Air conditioner sales in Europe are growing by more than 10 percent per year -- and this summer, the units ar ...
Topics: climate, energy, European Union, green living (all these topics)

Voluntary Service Canada Unveils $1B Plan to Address Climate Change		13 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Voluntary Service Canada Unveils $1B Plan to Address Climate Change Canada is stepping up to the plate to tackle climate change -- or at least emerging from the dugout. Prime Minister Jean Chretien yesterday unveiled a nearly $1 billion package aimed at helping the nation lower its emissions of greenhouse gases. The plan includes incentives for individuals and businesses to make their homes and buildings ...
Topics: air pollution, business, Canada, climate, energy (all these topics)

A Declaration of Energy Independence New clean-energy coalitions talk up national security and the economy	Amanda Griscom	30 Jun 2003	Powers That Be
Two ambitious clean-energy coalitions made headlines this month, sweeping out from under the rug vital and far-reaching environmental issues that the Bush administration has steadfastly ignored. The Energy Future Coalition, boasting endorsements from heavies on both sides of the party line as well as from high-profile industry and environmental interests, calle ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, environmental non-government organizations, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

Tilling Me Softly		09 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Tilling Me Softly The U.S. Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers and ranchers to fight climate change with techniques that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Speaking in Kansas on Friday, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced new incentives and technical support programs to help farmers increase carbon sequestration, though her speech was notably short on specifics. Farmers are being urged to do their par ...
Topics: climate, energy, United States (all these topics)

Can We Get There From Here?		30 May 2003	Daily Grist
Can We Get There From Here? The U.S. transportation sector generates more carbon dioxide emissions than the entire economy of any other country in the world with the exception of China, according to a study released yesterday by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. The study, "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation," also found that transportation accounts for almost on ...
Topics: climate, energy, ozone, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Mobil-ized		28 May 2003	Daily Grist
Mobil-ized Gas and oil giant ExxonMobil has increased its donations to organizations that oppose government regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions and question the notion that humans cause global climate change. Although the company has pledged $10 million a year for 10 years to climate research at Stanford University, it is also giving generously to the likes o ...
Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Wow We		30 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Wow We For the second time in the last two weeks, a major utility company has reached a settlement with the U.S. EPA to clean up its act under the New Source Review rules of the federal Clean Air Act. Last week, it was the Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources; now, it's We Energies, a Wisconsin electric company that will spend as much as $600 million to upgrade plants and reduce emissions in ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, energy, Michigan, US EPA, Wisconsin (all these topics)

Kentucky Green Gas		19 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Kentucky Green Gas Kentucky is soon to get its first-ever methane power plants, which will rely on gases given off by landfills to generate electricity. The plan represents a landmark energy development for the famously coal-dependent state. The three plants will cost $4 million each and generate a total of 10 megawatts of power from the gases given off by decaying trash. Currently, those gases escape into t ...
Topics: climate, energy, Kentucky, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Pro-fusion		25 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Pro-fusion The U.S. and China have officially joined the quest to develop fusion power, which proponents say could be an affordable, eco-friendly alternative to existing energy sources. The International Thermonuclear Energy Reactor is the largest global science project after the International Space Station. China, the U.S., Canada, the ...
Topics: Asia, Canada, China, climate, energy, European Union, green living, Japan, nuclear power, Russia, United States (all these topics)

Maple Syrup		19 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Maple Syrup Canada yesterday set aside $1.3 billion over five years to slash its greenhouse gas emissions and another $660 million for other environmental initiatives, as part of what Environment Minister David Anderson called "the greenest budget this country has ever seen." The government also approved a tax break for cleaner diesel and agreed to priorit ...
Topics: air pollution, Canada, climate, energy, green living, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Mass-ive Attack		31 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Mass-ive Attack Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut will sue the U.S. EPA for violating clean air laws and imperiling the health of citizens by failing to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, the states' attorneys general announced yesterday. In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, the attorneys general will argue that CO2 emissions fr ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, Connecticut, energy, environmental justice, health, Maine, Massachusetts, ozone, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Liquid Assets		27 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Liquid Assets Saudi Arabia is home to the world's largest oil reserves, but it's desperately short on another, equally precious resource: water. There isn't a river or lake to be found anywhere in the nation, and the only renewable water sources are shallow aquifers refilled by infrequent rains. A growing population, a fondness for showy swimming ...
Topics: climate, energy, food and agriculture, green living, Middle East, population, renewable energy, wildlife (all these topics)

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