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The storm of the century (so far) Will Gustav be the next Katrina?	Joseph Romm	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
On August 23, 2005, a tropical depression formed 175 miles southeast of Nassau. By the next day, it had grown into tropical storm Katrina and was intensifying rapidly. Early in the evening on August 25, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near North Miami Beach. Even though it was only a Category 1 storm, with sustained wind speeds of about 80 miles-per-hour, it caused significant damage and flooding, and took 14 lives. The hurricane's quick nighttime trip across ...
Topics: severe weather, Louisiana, climate change impacts, climate (all these topics)

Full Boris London mayor releases plan for adapting to climate change		29 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:45 PM on 29 Aug 2008 London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a draft plan Friday to help the city mitigate and adapt to climate change. Johnson put special attention to water conservation, calling for mandatory metering, increased efficiency, improved drainage, and rainwater harvesting. He also envisions more trees and green space. Environmentalists said the adaptation strategy was a good step, but said measures to cut ...
Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, London, news, placemaking, water crisis (all these topics)

Like Death, Warmed Over Arctic ice in a 'death spiral' as it hits second-lowest point ever		29 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 5:11 AM on 29 Aug 2008 Summer sea-ice melt in the Arctic is already the second-meltiest since satellite records began, and by the end of the melt season in mid-September, this year could surpass the all-time record low set last year, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. For the second time ever -- the first being last year -- the Northwest Passage shipping route is o ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research (all these topics)

'Seven years to climate midnight' Brookings calls for action on climate change in WaPo op-ed	Joseph Romm	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The uber-centrist Brookings Institution joins the climate alarmist realist crowd. President Strobe Talbott and VP for foreign policy studies Carlos Pascual explain in a Washington Post op-ed: The world may have only seven years to start reducing the annual buildup in greenhouse gas emissions that otherwise threatens global catastrophe within several decades. The politics are a little bland for my taste, but that's to be expected from Brookings, which has moved cl ...
Topics: climate, politics, climate science, climate change impacts, elections, presidential race 08 (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: video, energy, climate, Democratic National Convention, Muckraker (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, wind power, T Boone Pickens, politics (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: Democratic National Convention, climate, energy, John Dingell, video, Muckraker (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, Ed Markey, video, Democratic National Convention, Congress, energy, politics, Muckraker (all these topics)

In the zone Must-have slide No. 1: The narrow temperature window that gave us modern human civilization	Joseph Romm	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I am starting a new feature and a new category for must-have PowerPoint slides. I'll begin with my favorite new slide, which shows just how stable the climate has been over the 10,000-year period that allowed modern human civilization to develop and flourish (click figure for larger version): The slide is a must-have because it captures the risk we are taking while also providing a quick visual rebuttal to a very common denier talking point, one that NASA adminis ...
Topics: climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, James Hansen, climate (all these topics)

Hansen's still got it Right for 27 years: 1981 Hansen study finds warming trend that could raise sea levels	Joseph Romm	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
'After all, just 20 years ago scientists were worried about the new Ice Age.' This myth is so potent for deniers from Michael Crichton to George Will to Senator James Inhofe that even word guru and strategist Frank 'death tax' Luntz made it a recommended line of attack in his super-slimy 2002 memo to conservatives on how best to cast doubt on climate science. Why do deniers love it so? It makes present global-warming fears seem faddish, saying current climate scienc ...
Topics: James Hansen, greenhouse-gas emissions, climate science, climate (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)

DNC: The green scene Energy is all the rage at this year's gathering	Kate Sheppard	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
As David has noted, the thing to know about being in Denver right now is that it's a madhouse. There are more people and events here than one could possibly imagine. And things are spread out all over the city. I logged six miles on the bike I borrowed from Freewheelin just running around downtown trying to get Grist's convention credentials on the first day. There's too much to take in. Every street corner has three people vending homemade Obama paraphernalia. Truc ...
Topics: green jobs, energy, politics, climate, Muckraker, Democratic National Convention (all these topics)

Hurricane McCain Major hurricane tracks to New Orleans on eve of Republican Convention?	Joseph Romm	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
That subhead is lifted from Drudge. Needless to say, he left out ' ... and on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, where both Bush and McCain were AWOL' (see TP's 'As Katrina hit, McCain celebrated 69th birthday with Bush'). Track the storm with the National Hurricane Center here. Best hurricane blog here. Readers of this blog know that my brother lost his home in Katrina three years ago, which is probably the main reason I began this blog in the firs ...
Topics: climate, Louisiana, Republican National Convention, severe weather (all these topics)

DNC: Sign of the airtimes Should you freak out at the lack of airtime for climate change in Denver -- or Minneapolis?	Joseph Romm	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Andrew Jones -- former Rocky Mountain Institute colleague and systems-dynamic modeler extraordinaire at the Sustainability Institute -- asks if I could write something 'from a D.C. insider perspective' about why we shouldn't be freaking out that climate change is getting so little airtime at the Democratic National Convention? Actually, Drew, getting people to freak out is the whole point of this blog, no? But seriously, the media wouldn't cover climate change even i ...
Topics: climate, politics, Democratic National Convention, Republican National Convention, mainstream media (all these topics)

You're Not Fueling Anyone Ending fossil-fuel subsidies would help climate and economy, U.N. says		27 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:21 AM on 27 Aug 2008 Ending fossil-fuel subsidies around the world could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by up to 6 percent and help the economy at the same time, according to a new United Nations report [PDF]. Globally, governments spend some $300 billion on fuel subsidies that encourage consumption, delay transition to cleaner energy sources, and mainly benefit the already-rich even tho ...
Topics: climate, economy, fossil fuels, gas prices, news, United Nations (all these topics)

Party Animals Clinton, Warner, and Schweitzer cite energy as they stump for Obama and bash McCain		26 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 9:49 PM on 26 Aug 2008 In a rousing speech endorsing Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton said her erstwhile rival would "transform our energy agenda by creating millions of green jobs and building a new, clean energy future." Virginia Senate candidate Mark Warner also addressed energy and climate (as he told Grist he would): "I ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics (all these topics)

DNC: Warner's keynote Virginia Senate candidate focuses on energy and climate challenge	Kate Sheppard	26 Aug 2008	Gristmill
As promised, Virginia Senate candidate Mark Warner devoted a portion of his keynote tonight to energy and climate concerns. 'Two wars, a warming planet, an energy policy that says let's borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us,' said Warner. 'How many people look at these things and wonder what the future holds for them? Their children? Their country? How many?' 'People always ask me, 'What's your biggest criticism of President Bush?' ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Muckraker, politics, video (all these topics)

DNC: What the next administration needs to do on climate and energy Bill Becker, head of the Presidential Climate Action Project, talks to Grist	Kate Sheppard	26 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project, is here at the Democratic convention talking about what the next administration will need to do on climate and energy. Becker is also the Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy at the University of Colorado Denver's School of Public Affairs. He was previously the director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Central Regional Office, where he focused on energy efficiency, re ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, energy, Muckraker, politics, video (all these topics)

The great melting spot NSIDC: Arctic shortcuts open up; decline pace steady	Joseph Romm	26 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Fresh from its Olympic-record in denier debunking, the National Snow and Ice Data Center has released a new update: Sea ice extent is declining at a fairly brisk and steady pace. Surface melt has mostly ended, but the decline will continue for two to three more weeks because of melt from the bottom and sides of the ice. Amundsen's Northwest Passage is now navigable; the wider, deeper Northwest Passage through Parry Channel may also open in a matter of days. The North ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science (all these topics)

The 100-meter retract A new Olympic record for retraction of a mistaken analysis of NSIDC data	Joseph Romm	26 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The gold medal goes to Steven Goddard of The Register. On Friday, Aug. 15, he published a scathing article, 'Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered: There's something rotten north of Denmark' attacking the National Snow and Ice Data Center plot of Arctic Sea Ice Extent (below) that I and pretty much everyone else on the planet use. Based on some (mis)analysis too obscure for mortal men and women to follow, he concluded 'The problem is that this graph does not ap ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, scientific research (all these topics)

America's Next Top Priority? Obama would make cap-and-trade program a top economic priority		26 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 2:37 PM on 26 Aug 2008 Photo: barackobama.com Setting up a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse-gas emissions would be one of Barack Obama's top economic priorities if he were elected president, right up there with a new health-care system, The Wall Street Journal reports. As part of an effort to cut emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, Obama would auction off pollution permits, rais ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon trading, climate, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

These Refiners Could Be Finer States sue EPA over greenhouse-gas emissions from refineries		26 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:35 PM on 26 Aug 2008 Twelve states, the city of New York, and the District of Columbia are suing the U.S. EPA for not regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from oil refineries. The suit accuses the agency of violating the Clean Air Act by refusing to issue standards for controlling carbon dioxide emissions from new or updated refinery equipment. In essence, the suit is an attempt to force the ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, oil, US EPA (all these topics)

DNC: The Hart of the matter Gary Hart talks to Grist about climate and energy policy and the next president	Kate Sheppard	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Energy, climate, and national-security concerns are inextricably joined in the modern political environment, says former Democratic Colorado Sen. Gary Hart. This fact should elevate sound climate and energy policy to a top-tier issue in this year's election, he said, for both politicians and voters. 'I think if ordinary, everyday Americans understood that we are sacrificing the lives of our sons and daughters to get somebody else's oil to drive energy-inefficient ve ...
Topics: climate, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Who's advising McCain on energy and climate?	Joseph Romm	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Greenwire has also published ($ub. req'd) a detailed list of who is advising McCain on energy and environment policies, which I am reprinting below the fold. By contrast, McCain's campaign relies on a small group of longtime friends and advisers. Campaign staff would not comment on why their advisory team isn't as large as Obama's, but sources say the staff's size reflects how frequently the Arizona senator departs from the Republican Party line on environment and ener ...
Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Bona Biden Why Biden is such an important pick for those who care about the climate	Joseph Romm	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Catastrophic climate change is the primary preventable threat to the health and well-being of all Americans -- as readers of this blog already understand and as pretty much everyone else will figure out in the coming years. Keeping total planetary warming as low as possible -- ideally below 2�C, which it turn requires keeping atmospheric concentrations of CO2 below 450 ppm -- will become the central organizing principle for all U.S. energy, environmental, economic, ...
Topics: China, climate, international politics, politics, presidential race 08, Russia (all these topics)

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