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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, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation (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)

Climate equity: Wolfgang Sachs Climate change is about equality among nations and fundamental human rights	David Roberts	22 Oct 2007	Gristmill
((equity_include)) This is a guest essay by Dr. Wolfgang Sachs, author and research director at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy. Sachs (together with Timan Santarius et al) has just published a collection of essays called Fair Future: Resource Conflicts, Security, and Global Justice. This is part of a series on climate equity. ----- Tulun and Takuu, two tiny islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea, are close to being swallowed ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, climate equity (all these topics)

Catch a Waiver and You're Sittin' on Top of the World California to sue EPA to force decision on vehicle-emissions waiver		22 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 8:26 AM on 22 Oct 2007 California is expected to follow through on its threat to sue the U.S. EPA this week for not yet deciding whether to give the state the waiver it needs to implement its 2002 law limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from cars. The state's law requires a nearly 30 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2016, which experts say can only r ...
Topics: California, climate change mitigation, litigation, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Low-budget Bjornography George Will's latest column tests the limits of self parody	David Roberts	20 Oct 2007	Gristmill
George Will pulls off a real triple axel of hackery in his latest column, taking the Stepford flimflam of Bjorn Lomborg and ladling on a glutinous serving of his own pinkie-raised pomposity. Rarely has such a poor grasp of the facts been presented with such preening self-regard ... at least since the last George Will column. It even won him a MediaPutz of the Day award. I'll skip the specific points, which are just poorly edited Bjornography, and point you to the hila ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Geo-engineering remains a bad idea Climate change mitigation strategy could actually damage the planet	Joseph Romm	19 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Earl Killian sends me this WSJ op-ed: 'Thinking Big on Global Warming' (subs. req'd.). He sees some good news in it -- the WSJ 'published a non-denier [opinion] piece.' Yes, but geo-engineering is one of the delayers' sexiest strategies -- holding out the promise of a pure techno-fix that doesn't require all those annoying regulations needed to completely change our energy system. The conservative (duh!) authors of the WSJ piece embrace trying to 'develop capabiliti ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, geoengineering, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

ACSA Question Bipartisan cap-and-trade bill introduced to mixed reviews		19 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 7:07 AM on 19 Oct 2007 On Wednesday, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.) introduced bipartisan climate legislation -- America's Climate Security Act -- at long last bridging the acrimonious divide between Republicans and, um, independents. Democrats have all but made it tripartisan -- Senate Environment Committee head Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was gushing in her praise. Observers expect political ...
Topics: climate change mitigation, legislation, news, United States (all these topics)

Directed Buy On carbon offsets	Umbra Fisk	15 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I've been reading the whole back-and-forth about carbon offsets, and it seems strange to me that most (all?) of the ones I've seen fund projects that, while worthwhile, may or may not result in the promised emissions reduction. It seems that a simple way around this problem would be to buy actual emissions permits from an established carbon market like Europe. Are there any companies or organizations that would allow me to do t ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, carbon offsets, climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

What exactly is the difference between Lomborg and Shellenberger & Nordhaus? Authors of recent climate books tell us not to worry so much about global warming	Joseph Romm	08 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Proving conclusively that we have a long, long way to go before the mainstream media stops promoting climate misinformation disinformation, the Washington Post gave global-warming delayer Bjorn Lomborg a front-page opinion piece in its Outlook section. Lomborg repeats his nonsense about polar bears, sea-level rise, and why global warming (at least on Planet Lomborg) is no big deal, which I have previously debunked here, here, and here, respectively. He also claims Gre ...
Topics: energy, climate change mitigation, climate (all these topics)

Debunking Shellenberger & Nordhaus: Part IV Why bother criticizing S&N?	Joseph Romm	06 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The question has been raised: Why spend time 'debunking' S&N when they seem to be well-meaning folks struggling for a genuine solution to global warming, unlike, say, Bjorn Lomborg? Aside from the fact that they are adding great confusion and misinformation to a critical debate, the answer is simple -- they aren't well-meaning. S&N spend far more time attacking the environmental community (and Al Gore and even Rachel Carson) than they do proposing a viable s ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

The meaning of global warming, part one Stabilizing the climate requires technology, public investment, and global economic development	David Roberts	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, the latest in the ongoing conversation about their new book Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. ----- Thank you to everyone here who has participated in this discussion. We are grateful to Grist to making the space for this debate, and to everyone who has chimed in. Through agreement and disagreement alike, it is inspiring to find this man ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics, tech (all these topics)

Survey on what we're willing to do for the climate crisis	JMG	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Not a whole lot, apparently.
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Legislate Bloomers Congress to move ahead on climate legislation, Dems to send delegation to U.N. climate talks		04 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 11:05 AM on 04 Oct 2007 Congressional leaders in the U.S. House and Senate have said they plan to push ahead in their attempts to pass cap-and-trade-type climate legislation, despite the Bush administration's renewed call to reduce emissions through voluntary technology partnerships instead. On Wednesday, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, news, United States (all these topics)

The elephant in the environmental room How do you solve a problem like <del	David Roberts	04 Oct 2007	Gristmill
It occurs to me that my response to Shellenberger & Nordhaus failed to address what they call the "elephant in the environmental room": China. They say that environmentalists ignore the subject and corporatists obsess over it for the same reason -- it illustrates the futility of domestic carbon regulations (in isolation). China, they say, is not going to impose regulatory restrictions that will slow its economic growth. It will not shift from coal to cl ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

The growth of renewable energy markets In which I come to the defense of Shellenberger and Nordhaus -- sort of, anyway	Adam Browning	04 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I was planning on sitting out the Nordhaus/Shellenberger debate. But then I thought: Adam, you are not the top-rated Gristmill blogger (see list at left) for nothing. People want to hear from you. So, here's my take:The first place Nordhaus and Shellenberger go wrong is their predilection for publicity photos that resemble '80s album covers.After that, they get it mostly right. Carbon legislation is good and helpful, sure, but it's about 30 percent thought-through, eno ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

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