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Inuit All Along Inuit climate petition against U.S. is rejected		18 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Inuit All Along Inuit climate petition against U.S. is rejected Is climate change a human-rights issue? The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights decided to dodge the question. Arctic Inuit submitted a petition to the commission a year ago, accusing the U.S. government of violating Native peoples' rights to their traditional ways of life by declining to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The IAC ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics)

I Am Livid, Hear Me Roar Tired of incessant political intimidation, U.S. scientists speak out		15 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
I Am Livid, Hear Me Roar Tired of incessant political intimidation, U.S. scientists speak out Just our luck: the one time we went to the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the most exciting thing that happened was that geologist photocopying his rocks. But this year, headlines abound. Earlier this week at the event, the Union of Concerned Scientists issued a statement signed by more than 10,000 U.S. researchers prote ...
Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics)

The Incredible Bulk Al Gore plans to launch grassroots carbon-freeze movement		12 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
The Incredible Bulk Al Gore plans to launch grassroots carbon-freeze movement When is a grassroots movement not a grassroots movement? When it's started by a kajillionaire movie-star politician, we'd say. But you can't blame Al Gore for trying. At a venture-capital conference last week, Gore returned to the "carbon freeze" idea he's been bandying about for a while, saying he would "launch an ongoing campaig ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, news, politics (all these topics)

Letting the Cataclysm Out of the Bag Supreme Court hears opening arguments in landmark climate-change case		30 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Letting the Cataclysm Out of the Bag Supreme Court hears opening arguments in landmark climate-change case Climate change made its Supreme debut yesterday, as the high court began considering whether the U.S. EPA must regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Much of the opening session concerned whether the plaintiffs, including several green groups and a dozen states, had suffered enough ...
Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Mass Appeal Supremes to decide whether EPA can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions		28 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Mass Appeal Supremes to decide whether EPA can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in Massachusetts v. EPA, a humdinger of a case looking at whether the federal government can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The case centers on a Clean Air Act provision that requires regulation of air pollutants that "may reasonably ...
Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

A Dingell Ate My Maybe Congressional Democrats' energy priorities are a mixed bag		10 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
A Dingell Ate My Maybe Congressional Democrats' energy priorities are a mixed bag Not so fast with the celebrating. The soon-to-be head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. John Dingell (D), has declared no interest in raising U.S. fuel-efficiency standards -- he's from Michigan, natch -- and he's a nuclear-power booster. The Dems' rise could also lead to more offshore drilling; while dethroned R ...
Topics: climate, energy, John Dingell, news, politics (all these topics)

Here So Suin'? Courts see 'boomlet' of climate-change-related lawsuits		24 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Here So Suin'? Courts see "boomlet" of climate-change-related lawsuits Climate-change-related lawsuits are the new black. At least 16 cases are pending in federal and state courts in which plaintiffs seek to hold automakers, oil companies, and electric utilities liable for environmental devastation wrought by global warming. "To me, Katrina was a clear result of irresponsible behavior by the c ...
Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics)

Tech-alekahi Tech-aheiny Ho Bush admin. releases plan to fight global warming with technology		21 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Tech-alekahi Tech-aheiny Ho Bush admin. releases plan to fight global warming with technology As part of its 2002 plan to fight global warming (what, you never heard about that one?), the Bush administration promised a technology-development plan. A mere four years later, it has arrived! To the surprise of absolutely no one, the "Climate Change Technology Program Strategic Plan" is largely a token gesture, a rounding up u ...
Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics)

Nixon Goes to Reality Rumors fly about possible new Bush climate policy		18 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Nixon Goes to Reality Rumors fly about possible new Bush climate policy First there was the tantalizing hint that President Bush's thoughts on climate change have "evolved," and that a major new energy initiative would soon be announced. Then there was the Onion-esque claim that Bush would announce a goal of stabilizing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere at 450 parts per million by the year 2106 (wouldn't our great-g ...
Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics)

But 82 Percent Would Still Grab a Brewski With Him Poll finds growing disenchantment with Bush environmental policy		04 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
But 82 Percent Would Still Grab a Brewski With Him Poll finds growing disenchantment with Bush environmental policy A new poll finds a rise in the number of people who think President Bush is not doing enough to protect the environment -- 56 percent, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey, up from 41 percent in 2001. Most want more action on environmental problems, and by a more than two-to-one margin, they think Democra ...
Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics)

The Bill Factor Bill Clinton teams with cities to fight climate change		02 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
The Bill Factor Bill Clinton teams with cities to fight climate change Yesterday, ex-Prez Bill Clinton announced a new international effort to fight climate change. The Clinton Climate Initiative is a partnership between the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group -- a group of 22 of the world's largest municipalities -- and the Clinton Foundation. The latter will help the former pool purchasing power to get l ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, climate, energy, news, politics (all these topics)

Arnie on Blairoids Blair and Schwarzenegger joining forces to fight climate change		31 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Arnie on Blairoids Blair and Schwarzenegger joining forces to fight climate change Perhaps finally sensing he's been poodling to the wrong pseudo-manly Republican, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair has decided to wag his tail for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: The two leaders are planning to create a trans-Atlantic cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide allowances. The all ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Docket Science Global warming likely to spur litigation against polluters		27 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Docket Science Global warming likely to spur litigation against polluters As global warming's effects reverberate across the planet, expect an uptick in litigation against governments and companies. Pacific Islanders whose homes are being swallowed by the ocean, African farmers with withered crops, and ski-resort owners resigned to offering mountaintop waterskiing may seek redress. "If the evidence [of ...
Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics)

Ooh, That Fiddle Sounds Pretty G8 leaders dither on energy issues		17 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Ooh, That Fiddle Sounds Pretty G8 leaders dither on energy issues The G8 industrial nations met in St. Petersburg this weekend, focusing on energy security. They agreed to ... nothing. Said the group statement: "We recognize that G8 members pursue different ways to achieve energy security and the goals of climate protection." You could say that. The U.S. and U.K. are strongly pro-nuclear power, and Germany is str ...
Topics: climate, energy, news, politics (all these topics)

Bench Warmers Supreme Court to decide whether EPA should regulate greenhouse gases		26 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Bench Warmers Supreme Court to decide whether EPA should regulate greenhouse gases The Supreme Court today announced that it will rule on whether the U.S. EPA should regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles. Against the advice of the Bush administration, SCOTUS will hear a suit brought by 12 states, a number of cities, and various environmental groups against the EPA. The plaintiffs argue ...
Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

All Right, Heartland, You're Up Western governors resolve to combat climate change		12 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
All Right, Heartland, You're Up Western governors resolve to combat climate change Western states need to reduce greenhouse gases while meeting growing energy demand, says a resolution passed unanimously yesterday by members of the self-explanatorily named Western Governors Association. However, the pact neglects to prescribe specific actions. "My friends," California Gov. Arnold Sc ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, climate, energy, news, politics, West (all these topics)

A Penny Saved Is a Penny Spurned Bush admin looks to cut funding for energy efficiency		01 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
A Penny Saved Is a Penny Spurned Bush admin looks to cut funding for energy efficiency To fund long-term research into speculative future energy sources, the Bush administration wants to cut guaranteed present-day energy savings: The proposed 2007 Energy Department budget would eliminate $152 million (roughly 16 percent) from its energy-efficiency programs. A program to improve the efficiency of heav ...
Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, news, politics (all these topics)

Wake Up and Smell the Carbon Al Gore launches new climate campaign		10 May 2006	Daily Grist
Wake Up and Smell the Carbon Al Gore launches new climate campaign Launched with profits from Al Gore's new movie and book, a new group called Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend big bucks on advertising and grassroots organizing in an attempt to impart the dangers of climate chaos to the American public. Focusing particularly on conservatives and labor gro ...
Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, news, non-government organizations, politics (all these topics)

Is Our Children Learning? U.S. government study finds human-caused climate change real; Bushies unconvinced		03 May 2006	Daily Grist
Is Our Children Learning? U.S. government study finds human-caused climate change real; Bushies unconvinced A scientific study commissioned by the Bush administration has demolished one of the key arguments of climate skeptics, concluding yesterday that there is no discrepancy in rates of warming at Earth's surface and in the troposphere. Oh, and also that there is "clear evidence of human influences on the climate system.&quo ...
Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics)

We'd Do Anything for Love (But We Won't Do That) Republican gas-price pander disgusts even pander-lovin' American people		01 May 2006	Daily Grist
We'd Do Anything for Love (But We Won't Do That) Republican gas-price pander disgusts even pander-lovin' American people Hollywood producers like to say that no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people. Hollywood producers, meet Senate Republicans. Their latest gas-price gambit, coordinated by Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) -- a legislator who puts the "less" ...
Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics)

Throw in a Pony, and We'll Talk In lieu of real energy policy, senators propose sending people checks		28 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Throw in a Pony, and We'll Talk In lieu of real energy policy, senators propose sending people checks Apparently driven insane by high gasoline prices, congressfolk are reaching virtuosic heights of pandering and venality, approaching some sort of Platonic ideal of What's Wrong With Politics These Days. Exhibit A: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) just unveiled a proposal that would bribe th ...
Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics)

Governor, May I Take One Baby Step? Schwarzenegger calls for slow and steady climate action		12 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Governor, May I Take One Baby Step? Schwarzenegger calls for slow and steady climate action In line with his recent climate-action plan to reduce the state's greenhouse-gas emissions 25 percent by 2020, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) called yesterday for power plants, refineries, and factories to begin ... reporting their emissions. Ah, well: baby steps. In a speech, Schwarzenegger ad ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, news, politics (all these topics)

A Spat on the Back California governator at odds with biz lobby over plan to cut CO2		07 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
A Spat on the Back California governator at odds with biz lobby over plan to cut CO2 Arnold Schwarzenegger's til-now cozy relationship with the California Chamber of Commerce has hit turbulence over the Republican governator's ambitious proposal to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The chamber has denounced a preliminary report from the California EPA's climate action team, which predi ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, climate, news, politics (all these topics)

Resmothering the Satellites Bush admin shows no love for environmental satellites		06 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Resmothering the Satellites Bush admin shows no love for environmental satellites In these troubled fiscal times, America has to make difficult budgetary choices. Of course the Bush tax cuts are off-limits. But what else could we do without? Here's a thought: how about the network of environmental satellites that gather data on weather and climate? Those seem like dead weight; "climate" is so 2004. Indeed, NASA's proposed ...
Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics)

What the Bleep Do They Know!? NOAA scientists join NASA's with accounts of global-warming censorship		16 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
What the Bleep Do They Know!? NOAA scientists join NASA's with accounts of global-warming censorship Government censorship: It's what's for dinner. Some climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whose views on global warming contradict Bush administration policy say they're being prevented from giving particular interviews or being closely ...
Topics: Australia, climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, politics (all these topics)

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