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Planktos update	David Roberts	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Remember Planktos, the company that was going to sail into the Atlantic ocean and dump a bunch of iron ore, hoping it would stimulate CO2 absorption and profit the company via carbon offsets? Well, Andy Revkin brings news that the company has set sail. Guess the cat's out of the bag! (Planktos has been criticized on Gristmill here, here, here, here, here, and by a group of Greenpeace scientists here. Planktos CEO Russ George defended the company here.)
Topics: business, carbon sequestration, climate, climate change mitigation, geoengineering, oceans (all these topics)

Climate change and Pakistan's priorities Climate change mitigation is related to building democracy and decreasing poverty	James Dailey	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill
While the climate change "issue" is covered frequently in the press and is implicitly or explicitly part of the U.S. presidential campaign, for developing countries it is just one of many pressing issues. For the man on the street, at least in many of the countries I visit, climate change is important but not urgent. The same could be said of many other issues, of course, but what distinguishes climate change is that it is perceived as "an act o ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate equity, energy, international politics, Pakistan, politics (all these topics)

Carbon tax vs. cap-and-trade, part kajillion No carbon reduction program is a silver bullet	David Roberts	06 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Something about NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's arguments for a carbon tax struck me as a little too glib, too pat. Barack Obama's energy advisor Madhuri Kommareddi does as good a job as anyone of explaining why, arguing that a cap-and-auction system beats a carbon tax on the merits: Why this system instead of carbon tax? What's important to note is that we're implementing a 100% auction of cap-and-trade credits. This has the same effect as carbon tax -- bec ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics (all these topics)

CBO vs. ACSA = TKO The Congressional Budget Office savages the Lieberman-Warner approach to climate change pol	David Roberts	05 Nov 2007	Gristmill
America's Climate Security Act, the Senate climate bill offered by Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.), offers enormous giveaways to the nation's biggest polluters, in the form of billions of dollars worth of free pollution permits, which won't be zeroed out until 2036. Last Thursday, while the bill was passing through subcommittee, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office was testifying to the House Budget Committee on "Approaches to Reducing ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The Tax of Life People open to lifestyle changes, fuel taxes to address warming, says poll		05 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 12:33 PM on 05 Nov 2007 Four out of five people believe individuals must make personal lifestyle changes to address global warming, according to a BBC poll of 22,182 people in 21 countries. Also of note: Half of poll respondents favored a higher tax on oil and coal, while 44 percent would prefer their dirty fuels remain dirt cheap -- although if other taxes were dropped, or if fossil-fuel taxes w ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, green living, news (all these topics)

U.S. Mayors Climate Conference: Bloomberg Four principles that should guide federal climate change policy	David Roberts	05 Nov 2007	Gristmill
The following was written before and during NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's address to the U.S. Mayors Conference on Friday, Nov. 2. Technical problems and, um, life intervened, so I'm only now getting it up. Sorry. Michael Blomberg: Pro carbon tax, anti ethanol subsidies Photo: U.S. Mayors Conference Well, here I am, in a restaurant on the Seattle waterfront, hip deep in irony. I'm here to cover the keynote address of NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, except ... I c ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, politics (all these topics)

What Is This Feeling We're Feeling? U.S. mayors hit Seattle to plot climate strategy and get a dose of hope		05 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 7:27 AM on 05 Nov 2007 More than 100 mayors from across the U.S. gathered in Seattle late last week to share lessons from their efforts to address climate change, producing the world's first climate conference that didn't lead to a spike in Prozac sales. Perhaps it was the uncharacteristic sunshine in the Emerald City, but mayors could barely contain their excitement about the v ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, politics, progress, state politics (all these topics)

My reply to Bloomberg's speech in Seattle Carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, and getting things right	Eric de Place	02 Nov 2007	Gristmill
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg just gave a bombshell speech here in Seattle calling for a federal carbon tax. (Full text of the speech is here, scroll down.) First off, way to go, Bloomberg! (In fact, Sightline Institute's Anna Fahey has written about Bloomberg's awesome framing.) But now, with my researcher's hat on, I think it's worth it to clarify a few things. While many of Bloomberg's arguments in favor of a carbon tax were spot-on, he made some ver ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, carbon trading, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Bloomberg speaks out in Seattle NYC mayor climbs aboard the carbon tax train	Charles Komanoff	02 Nov 2007	Gristmill
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg declared his support today for a national carbon tax, according to a report posted on the New York Times City Room blog by metro reporter Sewell Chan: Mayor Bloomberg plans to announce today his support for a national carbon tax. In what his aides are calling one of the most significant policy addresses of his second and final term, the mayor will argue that directly taxing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Bill's Club Bill Clinton partners with Wal-Mart to create green-tech buying club for cities		02 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 10:17 AM on 02 Nov 2007 At a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Seattle yesterday, former President Bill Clinton announced that his foundation's Clinton Climate Initiative is pursuing new green plans to help curb climate change. CCI is partnering with low-price expert Wal-Mart to create a many-city bulk-buying club to lower prices on greener building materials and energy-efficient techn ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, news (all these topics)

U.S. Mayors Climate Conference: Gore II Gore: carbon credits and offsets a good thing if used responsibly	David Roberts	02 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Joy Miller of Hallandale Beach asked Gore about carbon credits and offsets -- "buying our way out of the problem." You won't be surprised to hear that Gore's answer was wonky and careful and came in parts. He said credits are a 'good thing' if the standards and information are in place to validate their quality. "The economy can be an ally," and we know cap-and-trade systems work. However, if used irresponsibly, as a substitute for direct re ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, carbon offsets (all these topics)

Me, at the USCMCPS Mayors gather in Seattle to discuss climate	David Roberts	01 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Today I'm heading down to the [deep breath] United States Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Summit, taking place in my hometown of Seattle. Around 100 mayors from across the nation will be there, discussing how to green their cities. NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving the keynote today, Al Gore will make a special appearance by satellite this afternoon, and Bill Clinton's speaking this evening. I'll do what I can to bring you all the hot sexy action on the b ...
Topics: Seattle, climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Growing cooler Can urban planners save the earth?	Eric de Place	31 Oct 2007	Gristmill
A couple of weeks ago I was in Vancouver, B.C., at a conference where it seemed like everyone was talking about a new book called Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change. Reviewing dozens of empirical studies, the book's central argument is that urban form is inextricably linked to climate. Low-density sprawl has been a principal contributor to North American climate emissions. And by the same token, smart compact development -- the k ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, placemaking, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

Post-Kyoto international climate policy Two analysts argue for ditching Kyoto and finding something better	David Roberts	30 Oct 2007	Gristmill
This is an interesting commentary in Nature, right on many details if, I think, wrong in spirit. Gwyn Prins & Steve Rayner argue that Kyoto has failed and should be abandoned. Its successor policy should: Focus mitigation efforts on the big emitters Allow genuine emissions markets to evolve from the bottom up Put public investment in energy R&D on a wartime footing Increase spending on adaptation Work the problem at appropriate scales I'd sa ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Industry's plan for us The many ways big money seeks to avoid reducing fossil fuel use	David Roberts	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Peter Montague, executive director of the Environmental Research Foundation. ----- It now seems clear that the coal and oil industries are not going to allow the United States to curb global warming by making major investments in renewable sources of energy. These fossil fuel corporations simply have too much at stake to allow it. Simple physics tells us that the way to minimize the human contribution to global warming is to ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate change mitigation, climate, renewable energy, fossil fuels, energy, geoengineering (all these topics)

A Tip of the ICAP New partnership hopes to jumpstart global carbon market		29 Oct 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics)

Experts agree: We should all lie. A lot. About important stuff. Nobody fights for change unless they see there's a problem	John McGrath	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Ugh. So my local paper decided to print its own local blend of Nordhaus-Shellenberger drivel. Did you know that "it's time to stop blaring dire warnings about the perils of climate change and, instead, start enthusiastically proclaiming solutions"? I sure didn't. It's not as if people like Amory Lovins, Paul Hawken, Bill McKibben, or I dunno, Gar Lipow have spent years talking about exactly that. It's not like the central message adopted by successful c ...
Topics: climate change impacts, climate change skepticism, climate, messaging, environmental movement, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

The International Carbon Action Partnership A new int'l org works toward a global carbon market, leaves U.S. federal gov't out	David Roberts	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Interesting. Across the transom comes news of a new treaty, the International Carbon Action Partnership, signed today by a collection of countries and U.S. states that have implemented carbon cap-and-trade systems. The idea is to share knowledge and work to standardize best practices in order to facilitate the growth of a global carbon market. From the press release: The ground-breaking international and interregional agreement was signed today by U.S. and Canadi ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics (all these topics)

The other side of global warming We have plenty of solutions at hand beyond technology	Peter Donovan	28 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Today the dominant view of global warming is that it's a technical problem. The burning of fossil fuels -- often regarded as the lifeblood of modern economies -- puts greenhouse gases into the air, mainly carbon dioxide, trapping more solar energy, which heats the planet and alters weather patterns. Methane and nitrous oxide also contribute. The solution is defined as reducing greenhouse gas emissions (pollution). The political, social, and moral campaign is dire ...
Topics: climate, climate science, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

On climate, Hu's leading whom? Snappy comebacks for the climate do-nothing set who's using China as an excuse	Anna Fahey	28 Oct 2007	Gristmill
On a hot day this summer, Chinese President Hu Jintao and a group of state leaders appeared at a public function wearing short-sleeved shirts, rather than their normal business suits. According to the state press, the casual attire wasn't just a new fashion statement: China's top brass were leading by example, encouraging Chinese workers to dress in light clothing in order to reduce the use of air conditioners in office buildings. Fashions do change. Outright denial of ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Everything old is new again U.S. blocks consensus at international global warming conference ... 17 years ago	Andrew Dessler	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Does it seem to you like nothing ever changes in the world? Well, you're right, and now I have hard evidence. I was searching through the archive of Bob Park's What's New newsletter when I ran across this snippet, right above an update about the miracle of cold fusion: At the World Climate Conference in Geneva this week, the United States blocked consensus on specific goals for reduction of carbon dioxide emission. As What's New predicted a month ago, the US side ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Poll: Americans deeply, perhaps irredeemably, confused	David Roberts	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
From the American Institute of Architects' annual public survey (sub rqd): The greatest percentage -- 31 percent -- of respondents said they believed recycling was one of the three most important things they could do to reduce [global] warming. Reducing driving came in next, at 25 percent, followed by reducing energy consumption, at 23 percent. Only 4 percent thought limiting fossil fuel use was most crucial. Recycling?! I need a drink.
Topics: recycling, climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

The dawning recognition Climate change mitigation: not all gravy and low-hanging fruit	JMG	25 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Anybody who refers to insulating trailers as the "trench warfare of climate change" has my attention -- clearly someone who understands that the response we need is far more than handwaving that implies an ability to distribute capital and expertise around the globe at an instant's notice.Give it a read; it's a great article on the reality behind the hype of the easy response to climate disruption, and a good discussion of why RECs are so problematic.
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Save the children Stop dwelling on the climate change nightmare and dream about change	Joseph Romm	25 Oct 2007	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- When I was a child in the 1950s, I went about my business with a little cloud hanging over my head. It didn't matter whether I was playing in the backyard, studying in my bedroom or suffering from my first romantic crush (Annette on the Mickey Mouse Club). The cloud was always there. It was the fear of nuclear war. We ...
Topics: climate change mitigation, climate change impacts, climate (all these topics)

The debate heats up Is geoengineering worth a second look?	Maywa Montenegro	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Until recently, I was under the impression that scaling back carbon emissions 80% by 2050 might forestall the worst of effects of global warming. But with news like yesterday's,� with California up in flames, and with the Arctic ice cap shrunken to an all-time low, I'm beginning to wonder if we've already done so much damage that a technological fix might be necessary.In today's Times, Ken Caldeira, of the Global Ecology Department at Stanford makes his case:If we ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

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