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The Brainstorm From Hell
Delegates gather in Germany to picture a post-Kyoto future |
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08 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Brainstorm From Hell Delegates gather in Germany to picture a post-Kyoto future The ongoing effort to figure out what in blazes to do when the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 is getting a boost this week and next, with officials from more than 160 countries gathering in Bonn, Germany, for a two-week brainstorm. The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change bonanza, attended by more than 1,0 ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, Germany, Kyoto Protocol, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Johnson Takes a Pounding
EPA administrator spars with Senate over climate action |
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25 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Johnson Takes a Pounding EPA administrator spars with Senate over climate action Senate Democrats badgered EPA administrator Stephen Johnson yesterday about the agency's greenhouse-gas foot-dragging. They unleashed a barrage of questions at an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, focusing on the recent Supreme Court ruling that said EPA has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide vehicle emissions. F ... |
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| Topics: climate, Congress, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Do They Even Have Roads There?
Vermont court hears landmark vehicle-emissions case |
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09 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Do They Even Have Roads There? Vermont court hears landmark vehicle-emissions case This week, the U.S. state with the fewest registered cars will take the driver's seat in the race to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions. A Vermont court will hear a landmark case on whether the state's adoption of a stringent California emissions law is legal. Under the Clean Air Act, states ... |
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| Topics: cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, state politics, Vermont (all these topics) |
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Supreme Slapdown
Supreme Court rules against Bush administration in global-warming case |
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02 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Supreme Slapdown Supreme Court rules against Bush administration in global-warming case In a landmark Supreme Court case -- the first ever on the issue of global warming -- the court has ruled that carbon dioxide is a pollutant under the Clean Air Act and that the U.S. EPA should regulate it as such. Boo-yah! The ruling is the latest in a long series of blows to the ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate, Department of Justice, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Hill's Not Alive With the Sound of Music
Gore climate concert kicked off of Capitol grounds |
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30 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Hill's Not Alive With the Sound of Music Gore climate concert kicked off of Capitol grounds In a decision that sent discordant music wafting toward Al Gore's ears, a group of Republican senators has put the kibosh on using the Capitol grounds for a gigantic climate-change-awareness concert this summer. The group -- led, not surprisingly, by climate skep ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, green living, James Inhofe, music, news, politics (all these topics) |
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We'll Miss the Mall
From the campaign trail, John Edwards outlines big energy plans |
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21 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| We'll Miss the Mall From the campaign trail, John Edwards outlines big energy plans Today we learned something: there are other Democrats running for president besides Hillrack O'Clinton. Surprised? So were we! Seems a charming southerner, name of John Edwards, is on the campaign trail. And though he's just your run-of-the-mill white fella, the former North Carolina ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, John Edwards, legislation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Severe Whether Events
Climate action of all kinds takes Capitol Hill by storm |
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21 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Severe Whether Events Climate action of all kinds takes Capitol Hill by storm It's only Wednesday, but it's already been a full week of rip-roarin' climate action on Capitol Hill. After a coalition of investors pleaded for emissions cuts on Monday, hundreds of activists gathered Tuesday for "Climate Crisis Action Day." The group heard from senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), as well as ... |
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| Topics: climate, legislation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Gag, You're It
Congress revisits issue of feds messing with climate science |
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20 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Gag, You're It Congress revisits issue of feds messing with climate science You've seen this show before, but now it's bigger, longer, and uncut: a heated hearing in Congress has exposed dark truths about federal interference with climate science. Brandishing more than 180 examples of doubt-injecting edits made to three climate reports, the House Committee on Oversight and Government R ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, James Hansen, news, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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What You Herd Is Not What I Meant
Bush administration reinterprets Endangered Species Act |
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20 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| What You Herd Is Not What I Meant Bush administration reinterprets Endangered Species Act The Bush administration has quietly issued a new spin on the Endangered Species Act that would have the feds protect imperiled animals and plants only in places where they're in trouble -- not where they're thriving or have already disappeared. A memo announcing the change was posted on the Interior Department website on F ... |
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| Topics: climate, endangered species, news, politics (all these topics) |
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I Think I Can't, I Think I Can't
Automakers tell Congress why fuel-economy improvements won't work |
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15 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| I Think I Can't, I Think I Can't Automakers tell Congress why fuel-economy improvements won't work Congress hosted a few more cranky white men yesterday, as the CEOs of Chrysler, Ford, GM, and Toyota's North American division appeared before a House subcommittee to explain why they couldn't possibly raise fuel-economy standards. Joined by the head of the United Auto Workers, the churlish chief ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Take That, Iowa
New Hampshire towns send climate-change message to feds |
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15 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Take That, Iowa New Hampshire towns send climate-change message to feds The votes are in, and the message is clear: New Hampshire is peeved about global warming. Nearly 90 towns approved a nonbinding resolution at their annual meetings this week telling the feds to act on climate change and harrumphing that presidential candidates should make it a priority in their campaigns. About 90 more will ... |
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| Topics: climate, grassroots activism, New Hampshire, news, politics (all these topics) |
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A Little Light Music
U.S., E.U. push phaseout of incandescent bulbs, U.K. gets serious about carbon |
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14 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| A Little Light Music U.S., E.U. push phaseout of incandescent bulbs, U.K. gets serious about carbon The world is seeing the energy-efficient light: a U.S. coalition including Philips Lighting and the Natural Resources Defense Council will push to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2016. ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics) |
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Vive la Discorde
E.U. leaders gather for summit, squabble over renewable-energy target |
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07 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Vive la Discorde E.U. leaders gather for summit, squabble over renewable-energy target As European Union leaders gather for a two-day summit that starts tomorrow, one question is dominating the agenda: what exactly did the Olsen twins buy on their recent Paris shopping spree? Once that's answered, the heads ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, European Union, international politics, news, politics, regulation, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Good God, Y'all
U.N. chief says climate change poses as big a threat as war |
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02 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Good God, Y'all U.N. chief says climate change poses as big a threat as war When we were in school, assemblies were a chance to see something fun, like a juggler or a movie. How times change. Two months after taking office, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave his first climate-change speech, saying all kinds of gloomy things to an audience of schoolchildren from around the world. To wit ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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She Will Have Her Way
Hearing held on Inuit climate and human-rights claim against U.S. |
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01 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| She Will Have Her Way Hearing held on Inuit climate and human-rights claim against U.S. In the northern reaches of the world, climate change is more than a theory. For years, native Inuit have seen extreme weather and weak ice interfere with their lives, and they say big emitters like the U.S. are to blame. Today -- more than a year after filing a petition with the Inter-Ame ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change impacts, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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If At First You Don't Secede
Five western states form regional climate-change partnership |
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27 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| If At First You Don't Secede Five western states form regional climate-change partnership Citing a federal leadership void, the governors of five western U.S. states have formed a regional partnership to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change. The Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, which inc ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, state politics, Washington (all these topics) |
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Don't Just Kiss Our Babies
New Hampshire climate activists take advantage of election spotlight |
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22 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Just Kiss Our Babies New Hampshire climate activists take advantage of election spotlight The wee state of New Hampshire hopes to take advantage of its front-running primary election to make climate change a priority at the federal level. In March or thereabouts, at least 180 communities, constituting more than 75 percent of the state, will vote on a resolution that calls for the feds to get off th ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, New Hampshire, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Who Speaks for the Eggman?
U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection |
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14 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Who Speaks for the Eggman? U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection Two green groups have sued the feds for failing to protect polar bears and walruses (walri?) from the nasty combo of oil drilling and global warming. Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Dive ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Now Who's a Moonbeam?
On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real |
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05 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Now Who's a Moonbeam? On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real Heeding a call from French President Jacques Chirac, 46 nations are backing a plan to create a powerful new U.N. Environment Organization that could police climate offenders. Egregious emitters Russia, China, India, and the U.S. didn't leap up and down volunteering to j ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, environmental justice, France, news, politics, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Grandchildren, Schmandchildren
Congress holds hearings, realizes climate change is upon us |
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31 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Grandchildren, Schmandchildren Congress holds hearings, realizes climate change is upon us It's official: Congress has red-hot climate-change ants in its pants. As climate-related hearings in the House and Senate got rolling this week, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) demanded White House documents that could show scientific interference. With a new report by two NGOs citing more than 120 scientists who report fed-meddling with their c ... |
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A Speechwriter Behind Every Bush
Content of State of the Union speech remains a mystery -- kind of |
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18 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| A Speechwriter Behind Every Bush Content of State of the Union speech remains a mystery -- kind of Will President Bush crack down on climate change in his State of the Union address? The world may never know -- until, of course, he gives the speech next Tuesday. Mutterings that the administration would embrace a cap-and-trade carbon-reduction scheme were flatly denied by White House spokesflack Tony Snow this week: ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Everything Goes Better With Barack
Obama joins McCain, Lieberman to push Senate climate bill |
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16 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Everything Goes Better With Barack Obama joins McCain, Lieberman to push Senate climate bill If you follow politics, the phrase "McCain-Lieberman" might make you throw up in your mouth just a little. Since 2003, U.S. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) have worked to pass a bill that would cut greenhouse-gas emissions, to no avail. But wrap your tongue around this: McCain-Lieberman-Obama ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Mayor May Not
Report questions whether many U.S. cities will meet Kyoto targets |
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11 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Mayor May Not Report questions whether many U.S. cities will meet Kyoto targets The carbon-reduction blame game isn't limited to the federal level: nearly 360 U.S. mayors vowed that their cities would meet Kyoto Protocol standards, but a sampling of 10 cities reveals that they are not on track to accomplish their goals, according to a new report. The mayors involved in the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement represent a popula ... |
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Flexing His OPECs
Schwarzenegger, E.U. unveil new carbon-cutting schemes |
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10 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Flexing His OPECs Schwarzenegger, E.U. unveil new carbon-cutting schemes California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) may be hobbled by a broken leg, but his mind is still strong. (File that under Sentences We Never Thought We'd Write.) In his State of the State address last night, the green-leaning Governator announced a plan to cut carbon in transportation fuel 10 percent by 202 ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, European Union, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Where Credit is Due
Democrats take control of U.S. Congress, vow energy-fund reallocation |
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04 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Where Credit is Due Democrats take control of U.S. Congress, vow energy-fund reallocation Here at Grist, we're advocates of multipartisan cooperation and fans of progress, no matter what its origins. But as the Democratic-led, greener-seeming Congress takes over today, we'd like to allow ourselves a whoop. Whoop! One of the Dems' top priorities is an energy package that will stick it to Big Oil. By repealing oil ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, climate, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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