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McCain Reaction
Sen. Joe Lieberman endorses Sen. John McCain for president |
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17 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:02 PM on 17 Dec 2007 Used-to-be-Democrat-but-now-Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) has angered Democrats by endorsing Republican Sen. John McCain for president. The two men have similar views on the war in Iraq (pro) and terrorism (anti), but Lieberman says his endorsement was also for McCain's commitment to the environment and fighting climate change. The two joined their names to pen the first Senate b ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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We Can't Think of Any More
U.S. and allies are, as expected, stick-in-the-muds at Bali conference |
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11 Dec 2007 |
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| "Bali" Puns at the Moment U.S. and allies are, as expected, stick-in-the-muds at Bali conference Posted at 4:32 PM on 11 Dec 2007 Bali update: The latest draft of negotiations is said to still contain text saying that developed nations should cut emissions by 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The U.S., Japan, Canada, and Australia are against said provision, non-binding as it is; it will likely be removed by the end of the week, as final guidelines ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Way the Bali Bounces
Bali conference goes into second week |
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10 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:12 PM on 10 Dec 2007 The latest from Bali: On Saturday, a draft text was produced suggesting that developed nations cut emissions between 25 and 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The U.S. and Japanese delegations were displeased; by Monday, that target was reportedly dropped. Sen. John Kerry paid a visit to assure delegates, "I am convinced the politics of 2009 in the United States are going to be just night and ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Keep the Bali Rolling
Bali conference continues |
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06 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:24 PM on 06 Dec 2007 The news from Bali: When the U.S. Senate Environment Committee approved a bill calling for a mandatory cap in U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions, some in Bali took it as a sign that the U.S. was budging on its intractable opposition to said emissions cuts. U.S. climate negotiator Harlan Watson: "We're not changing our position." However, one environmental activist did tell reporters, "We're not seeing ove ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Hey, Look Over There!
U.S., avoiding action at current climate meeting, announces new climate meeting |
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06 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:38 PM on 06 Dec 2007 President Bush has announced a climate-change meeting in Hawaii next month for 17 of the world's major greenhouse-gas emitters to talk about setting goals for curbing emissions. The meeting is a follow-up to an anticlimactic summit that Bush hosted in late September. Oddly enough, during the pivotal climate-change meeting going on in Bali right this red-hot minu ... |
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| Topics: climate, George Bush, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Heart a Tax
San Francisco mayor proposes city carbon tax |
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06 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 11:49 AM on 06 Dec 2007 San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced that in November 2008 he will submit a carbon tax to voters for their approval. If it passes, it would be only the second such carbon tax in a U.S. city, the first was Boulder, Colo., last year. The draft plan would raise utility taxes for businesses but would be roughly balanced out by a small decrease in payroll taxes. The plan also aims to reward businesses ... |
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| Topics: carbon tax, climate, news, politics, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Political Science 215
At least 215 climate scientists sign declaration urging action on climate change |
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06 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:48 AM on 06 Dec 2007 In a notable first, some 215 of the world's top climate scientists from over 25 countries have signed a declaration directed at the leaders attending the United Nations climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, urging strong action against climate change. In a relatively toned-down document, the scientists said in their own way that climate change really, truly is ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Don't Say We Didn't Warner You
Senate Environment Committee approves Lieberman-Warner climate bill |
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06 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 7:10 AM on 06 Dec 2007 A climate bill with a mandatory cap on U.S. CO2 emissions cleared a significant hurdle yesterday. America's Climate Security Act, cosponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.), was voted through by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee after an endurance-testing nine and a half hour hearing. It will now go to the floor of the Sena ... |
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| Topics: climate, legislation, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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On the Bali
Bali conference keeps on keepin' on |
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04 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:36 PM on 04 Dec 2007 The news from Bali: Teeny-tiny island nations pleaded with delegates for protection and compensation for the impacts of rising seas and other climatic consequences. United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer expressed hope that delegates would make operational the Adaptation Fund, a woefully underfunded um, fund for helping developing countries adapt to climate change. Delegates set up a working group to establish a ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics) |
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A Plan With Garrett
Midnight Oil frontman is Australia's new environment minister |
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29 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 11:26 AM on 29 Nov 2007 Peter Garrett, former singer for rock band Midnight Oil, has been appointed the environment minister in Australia's new regime. Garrett, who has been a member of the Australian Parliament since 2004, will be a duet with new Minister for Climate Change and Water Penny Wong. sources: Associated Press, Agence France-Presse From the Archives Another Headache. ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, elections, international politics, music, news, politics (all these topics) |
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I'm the President! No, I'm the President!
George Bush fetes Al Gore in Oval Office |
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27 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:52 PM on 27 Nov 2007 Yesterday, George W. Bush fulfilled the U.S. president's traditional obligation to fete the winners of the Nobel Prize in the Oval Office -- including, of course, Peace Prize Laureate (and, in the minds of some, rightful inhabitant of said Oval Office) Al Gore. Awkward! The two men had a private 40-minute conversation in which they "talked about global warming -- the whole ti ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, George Bush, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Add-Ministering First Aid
Australia elects prime minister who wants to ratify Kyoto Protocol |
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26 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 8:18 AM on 26 Nov 2007 The Kyoto Protocol climate treaty may soon welcome a new industrialized country to the fold. Australia's newly elected prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has announced he will act in the next few weeks on a campaign promise to have Australia ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which would make the United States the only industrialized country in the world not to agree to making mandator ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, Kyoto Protocol, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Well, At Least We Didn't Have Our Hopes Up
Asian countries sign on to vague climate pact |
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21 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:03 PM on 21 Nov 2007 Leaders of 14 Asian countries, along with Australia and New Zealand, have signed onto a climate pact that says -- well, nothing in particular, really. Maybe it's the thought that counts, but setting specific goals for addressing a rather important global crisis would count for a hell of a lot more. In our humble opinion. From the Archives So That's ... |
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| Topics: Asia, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Good on Gordon
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown makes ambitious climate speech |
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21 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:18 PM on 21 Nov 2007 In his first major speech on the environment, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has suggested that Britain could aim to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. To accomplish said goal, Brown promised that all new dwellings in Britain will be zero-carbon by 2016, and that free insulation, low-energy light bulbs, and efficient appliances will be distributed widely to h ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, Gordon Brown, heroes, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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I'm Just a Bill, and I'm Sitting Here On ... Uh, Never Mind
British government publishes climate change bill |
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16 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:50 PM on 16 Nov 2007 The British government has published its climate change bill, which would set a target of reducing carbon emissions 60 percent by 2050. The bill will now go through a parliamentary process; if made law, Britain would be the first country to adopt a legally binding commitment to carbon reductions. sources: Reuters, Daily Mail Fro ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Policy Academy 4: Citizens on Petrol
IPCC to hammer out summary of climate science for policymakers |
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12 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 6:03 AM on 12 Nov 2007 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is meeting this week in Valencia, Spain, to distill the panel's three massive scientific climate-change reports released earlier this year into a concise 25-page summary for the world's governments. Expect environmentalists and others concerned about climate-change's effects to lobby for strong language clearly spelli ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, news, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Capitol and Trade
U.S. Capitol buys carbon offsets |
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06 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:14 PM on 06 Nov 2007 As part of an ongoing greening plan, the U.S. Capitol is buying $89,000 worth of carbon credits to offset the 30,000 tons of greenhouse gases emitted annually by the antiquated coal plant that provides it with power. The Government Accountability Office plans to publish a review of the carbon-offset industry in April; some members of Congress asked House Chief Administrative Officer Daniel Beard, who will cut th ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, coal, energy, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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A Tip of the ICAP
New partnership hopes to jumpstart global carbon market |
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29 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:24 PM on 29 Oct 2007 A whole slew of countries and states have signed on to a new International Carbon Action Partnership, with a goal of sharing knowledge about and standardizing best practices for what they hope will become a global cap-and-trade system. Participants include members of the Western Climate Initiative and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, as well as various European countries and New Zealand ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Dilutions of Grandeur
White House accused of watering down CDC testimony on climate change |
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24 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:35 AM on 24 Oct 2007 The White House is being accused anew this week of improperly interfering with the dissemination of information on climate change. Critics allege that officials at the White House Office of Management and Budget significantly edited the prepared testimony that CDC head Julie Gerberding gave to a congressional panel concerning the impacts of climate change on disease and pu ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, politics, United States, White House (all these topics) |
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What's Up, Doc?
U.K. judge rules Inconvenient Truth partisan but still OK to show in schools |
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03 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:48 PM on 03 Oct 2007 A judge has ruled on a British citizen's accusation that the United Kingdom's distribution of An Inconvenient Truth to secondary schools amounts to political indoctrination. And the strange, strange verdict is: Yes, the documentary can be shown in schools -- as long as teachers follow guidelines to not promote Al Gore's "partisan political views" to impressiona ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change skepticism, education, England, litigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Moving Stricture
Corps may buy out coastal Miss. towns, encourage residents to move inland |
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02 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:13 PM on 02 Oct 2007 The Army Corps of Engineers is seeking support from three coastal Mississippi counties for a proposal to buy out 17,000 homes and encourage residents to move inland. The Corps generally reserves buyouts for areas prone to river flooding; the new proposal is an indication that the U.S. may be seriously considering the risk of sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and stronger hu ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, climate, climate change impacts, Mississippi, news, placemaking, politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Roll On, Columbia
British Columbia premier announces climate plan |
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01 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:45 PM on 01 Oct 2007 British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell has announced a vague plan for reducing the province's greenhouse-gas emissions by a third by 2020. The plan includes requiring all government agencies to be carbon neutral by 2010, factoring in employee travel; institution of a local carbon-offset provider; installation of residential and commercial smart meters to encourage energy conservation; and emissi ... |
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| Topics: British Columbia, climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Man on Emissions
U.S. summit concludes with no progress to speak of |
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28 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:47 PM on 28 Sep 2007 At the conclusion of a two-day U.S.-hosted climate summit of the world's major emitters, George W. Bush announced that he's been faking his climate-change laggardness all along, and signed on to reduce greenhouse gases in various planet-saving-while-still-economy-boosting ways. Ha ha ha! Sob. No, just as expected, Bush said what he always says -- voluntary measures will save the world! goals are ... |
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| Topics: climate, dumbassery , George Bush, international politics, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Dimmockery
British citizen sues government over distribution of climate-change film to schools |
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28 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:09 PM on 28 Sep 2007 In July, a judge ruled that the British government's decision to send Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth documentary to 3,500 English secondary schools did not constitute political indoctrination of children. British citizen and fun-name owner Stewart Dimmock disagrees, and is suing his government to quash the dastardly distribution. Dimmock claims the "irredeemable&quo ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change skepticism, dimwittery, education, litigation, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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D.C. Comical
Bush admin talks up voluntary actions with strong words at D.C. climate summit |
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28 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:48 AM on 28 Sep 2007 President Bush's climate summit of the world's top polluters kicked off yesterday in Washington, D.C., with rhetoric aplenty and the arrest of some 49 protesters from Greenpeace and other environmental groups outside the State Department offices. Meanwhile, inside the conference, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talked up the need for strong climate action even while a ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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