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An end-game scenario, supply-side policy, and defining our goal: The solution statement Here's what we have to accomplish	Ken Ward	20 Apr 2007	Gristmill
((brightlines_include)) The supply-side solution developed in the Bright Lines exercise, drawing on Bill Hare's Greenpeace International paper "Climate Protection: The Carbon Logic" (PDF), won little support from first readers. It is included in this proposal as a concept to be explored because no other solution could be determined to meet the dictates of the climate timeframe -- and the strong responses it provokes are evidence of its strong narrative value. ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

The responsibility era	David Roberts	20 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The editors of The New Republic make a simple point that can't be made often enough: The conservative notion that reducing GHG emissions in the U.S. is pointless unless China and India do the same is a moral grotesquery. We created the problem. Ethically and geopolitically, we are responsible for leading the way to a solution. Call it "the responsibility era."
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, India, politics, United States (all these topics)

Bush vs. Clinton on climate change Bush is working with a much stronger consensus	Andrew Dessler	19 Apr 2007	Gristmill
One argument in defense of George W. Bush's lack of action on climate change is some variation of this: 'Bill Clinton wasn't any better ... he never sent the Kyoto Protocol to the Senate.' This is true. But it also ignores one important fact. The science of climate change has improved dramatically since the mid-'90s. In its 1995 report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) summarized our knowledge about climate change by saying ... ... the balance o ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, climate, climate change mitigation, George Bush, IPCC, politics (all these topics)

The chasm between our agenda and climate science: The problem statement It's time to accept dire climate realities	Ken Ward	18 Apr 2007	Gristmill
((brightlines_include)) A review of recent climate science findings finds that Jim Hansen's bright-line standard and timeframe for global action [1.0慢 limit on further increase in global temperature / 475 ppm cap on atmospheric carbon with <10 years for global action] is, if anything, not conservative enough. A rash of recent reports identify major climate forcings wholly unaccounted for in IPCC models -- such as a five-fold increase in methane releases from Si ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, climate science, environmental movement, messaging (all these topics)

Bad climate change policy is worse than business as usual Just wanted to put that out there	Jason D Scorse	17 Apr 2007	Gristmill
This is rarely said openly, but needs to be. Yes, climate change is a serious problem; yes, we should address it; but beware of easy solutions and feel-good measures like carbon neutrality that are more than likely scams than serious measures, since they more often than not pay people to do things they would already have done. Also, beware of solutions that say that climate change policy is win-win-win, good for jobs, business, and the environment. This may very ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics)

IPCC Working Group III goes after transportation pollution If you won't go after them, we will	Joseph Romm	17 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The IPCC reports are some of the most highly anticipated of 2007. An obvious sign? Within two weeks of one report's release, papers are already covering a leak from the next. IPCC Working Group III's focus is on mitigation, meaning a fair number of policy implications can be derived from its conclusions. So here's a hint for America's auto industry: the report calls for urgent action on road pollution. In the United States, there are 483 passenger cars per 1,00 ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, IPCC, litigation, politics, United Nations (all these topics)

A convenient truth In nearby Bothell	Clark Williams-Derry	17 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The Seattle Times is reporting on a Bothell family -- the Fraleys -- who are attempting to cut their family's greenhouse-gas emissions by 15 percent in May. Bully for them, and best of luck! Still, there's something about the Times account of their experiment that rankles, just a bit. It leaves a casual reader with the impression that reducing carbon emissions is a total pain in the behind. To wit: [The Fraleys] will try to reduce the household's greenhou ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, environmental movement, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, Seattle (all these topics)

Parody is so pre-9/11	David Roberts	16 Apr 2007	Gristmill
I can't do much to improve on the humor of the two lead paragraphs in this AP piece: The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday the growth of greenhouse gases by less than 1 percent in 2005 shows the administration's program to address global warming 'is delivering real results.' The pronouncement by EPA Administrator Dave Johnson brought a quick response from some environmentalists. 'Things have come to a pretty sad state of affairs when the EPA ...
Topics: climate change mitigation, jackassery, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

No sweat solutions to global warming: a series A reintroduction	Gar Lipow	16 Apr 2007	Gristmill
I'm restarting my series on solutions to global warming, both on how to phase out fossil fuels and the best means to sequester carbon, because I consider the topic a critical one. The carbon lobby has mostly (not entirely) given up disputing that global warming is occurring. They know that they won't be able to confuse the public on its human-caused nature much longer. But a final stalling tactic is open to deniers -- to pretend that nothing can be done, or at lea ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, environmental movement, green living, messaging, politics (all these topics)

G8: We really mean it on climate change this time Really	David Roberts	16 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The 33rd meeting of the G8 is happening in early June, in Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel -- perhaps in retaliation for the infamous backrub -- is determined to put climate change high on the agenda. Not surprisingly, the U.S. and Canada are working to water down the draft communique Merkel has put together. Somewhat surprisingly, Merkel -- backed by Tony Blair -- isn't backing down. Indeed, they seem to be ramping up the pressure on Bush. Will Bush's weakn ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, George Bush, politics (all these topics)

Walking backwards from cataclysm: A strategic planning methodology The basic approach of the Bright Lines project	Ken Ward	16 Apr 2007	Gristmill
((brightlines_include)) After a decade of brutal political trench warfare, the surreal debate in the U.S. on the reality of climate change is over. A Democratic Congress looking to put climate in play in 2008, serious buy-in for federal regulation from a band of corporate heavyweights, and a rash of climate conversions from the likes of Pat Robertson and Frank Luntz (author of the infamous strategy memo advising Bush administration operatives how to muddle the clima ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, environmental movement, messaging, politics (all these topics)

Slouching towards sanity In Washington state	Clark Williams-Derry	15 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Ooh, boy! It looks like the state of Washington is one step closer to having a sane climate policy. The state House of Representatives just passed a climate policy that looks like it's got some teeth: The measure, which passed 84-14 after a brief debate, commits Washington to shrink emissions to 1990's levels by 2020. By 2035, the measure is supposed to lower emissions to 25 percent below 1990's levels, and to 50 percent by 2050.The Senate already has ap ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, politics, state politics, Washington (all these topics)

Wen, the Time Is Right China agrees to participate in post-Kyoto negotiations		13 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Wen, the Time Is Right China agrees to participate in post-Kyoto negotiations China has agreed to participate in talks about a framework to fight global warming after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Enviros danced a joyful jig, as the decision puts pressure on other, non-communicative nations (we're not naming names). China is a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol as a developing country, so its emissions a ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, news (all these topics)

Trees and climate change Not as simple as it seems	Jason D Scorse	13 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Before any Grist readers write off this article in the Economist, read it through and get to the conclusions at the bottom. They might surprise you. They also contain another lesson not mentioned in the article: we need to value comprehensive ecosystem services from forests, not just any single dimension.
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, deforestation (all these topics)

Ken Green on Gore's girth Another conservative attack on motives	David Roberts	12 Apr 2007	Gristmill
I'm always excited when people on the right address climate change, even if they say stupid things. At least they're starting to think about it. On National Review, Ken Green of AEI says that Gore's carbon tax proposal is great, but the rest of his proposals are both redundant and sucky. After listing them, he says: The fact that most of this agenda would be rendered superfluous by the tax shift shows the control-fiend mentality that really drives climate activis ...
Topics: Al Gore, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics)

A glimpse at IPCC WGIII Oh, the anticipation!	David Roberts	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The IPCC report I've most been looking forward to is from Working Group III, on mitigation. It looks like drafts of that report are already leaking -- Reuters has a (poorly written) rundown. From what I can tell through the muddy writing, the IPCC lays out a range of mitigation scenarios, which would run anywhere from 0.2 to 3.0 percent of global GDP: The IPCC scenario of a 0.2 percent loss in GDP in 2030 is based on stabilising greenhouse gases at 650 parts per mi ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, IPCC, politics (all these topics)

Duke and cover Foundation throws down big bucks for climate change mitigation policy and technology	Kate Sheppard	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced earlier this week that they would be doling out $100 million for global warming research over the next five years. The money will go to nonprofit groups, research institutions, and universities to support developing policies and technologies that will reduce emissions and help build a 'clean energy economy.' 'The foundation's goal is to keep us from losing the game in the first quarter so that we will still be in ...
Topics: climate change mitigation, climate (all these topics)

Doing carbon taxes right The time to focus on policy is now	Gar Lipow	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
With the policy summary of the IPCC WGII report out, this is a good time to concentrate on policy. Any effort to lower emissions has to put a price on carbon and other greenhouse sources. As I think extensive discussion has shown, a carbon tax is the best way to price emissions, and to price the destruction of carbon sinks. One advantage of carbon taxes (and auctioned permits as well -- close enough to a carbon tax for practical purposes) not often noted is that it they ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Climate solutions of the rich and poweful The biggest factor is still the bottom line	Gar Lipow	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
An influential group of CEOs, senior officers and trustees of institutional investors, asset managers, and corporations called for action (PDF) on climate change back on March 19. It's a good thing the rich and powerful in the U.S. are starting to recognize that action must be taken. But as should be expected, what they call for is the minimum they think they can get away with rather than what is needed. 1. The government must establish a mandatory national policy that w ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, green living (all these topics)

Robin Hood approach to global warming Fuel-efficient vehicles could save you several times over	Adam Browning	09 Apr 2007	Gristmill
A proposed new California law would take from the guzzlers and give to the sippers: Call it the Robin Hood approach to global warming. California drivers who buy new Hummers, Ford Expeditions, and other big vehicles that emit high levels of greenhouse gases would pay a fee of up to $2,500. And drivers who buy more fuel-efficient cars -- like the Toyota Prius or Ford Focus -- would receive rebates of up to $2,500, straight from the gas-guzzlers' pockets.Car deale ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, hybrids (all these topics)

A unique insight into the IPCC process The innerworkings of it all	Andrew Dessler	07 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Those opposed to action on climate change are compelled to attack the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its reports. Not doing so would cede the scientific high-ground of the argument and essentially doom their preferred do-nothing policy approach. One way to attack the IPCC is to describe it as a nameless bureaucracy pursuing its own political agenda, and entirely disconnected from the scientific community. For example, a report from the Fraser ...
Topics: climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, IPCC, politics, United Nations (all these topics)

Brakes on a Plane Flight ads should carry health warnings, says U.K. group		06 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Brakes on a Plane Flight ads should carry health warnings, says U.K. group Advertisements for flights should include a health warning, tobacco-style, to remind people of their contribution to climate change, a U.K. think tank said this week. (So creative, those Brits!) "The evidence that aviation damages the atmosphere is just as clear as t ...
Topics: advertising, air travel, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, United Kingdom (all these topics)

A man leaps off the top of a building ... When people ask silly questions	JMG	05 Apr 2007	Gristmill
'If fossil fuels are the problem, wouldn't running out of them be good?' There's an old joke about economists and other Panglossians that bears on this question: A man leaps off the top of a skyscraper and, as he passes by each floor, true to his optimistic tendencies, he says, "Well, so far, so good." Running out of fossil fuels is like this man running out of floors. The critical thing is not to jump ... i.e., not to commit all that carbon to the atmosphere ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, energy, oil (all these topics)

I do not think it means what you think it means	David Roberts	03 Apr 2007	Gristmill
President Bush "said he took climate change very seriously Tuesday, a day after the US Supreme Court ruled the government must regulate greenhouse gases." In other news, President Bush "said on Tuesday he planned no new action to impose caps on greenhouse gases blamed for global warming."
Topics: George Bush, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, politics (all these topics)

How Many Queens Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Britain's Queen Elizabeth studying how to green her palaces		03 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
How Many Queens Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Britain's Queen Elizabeth studying how to green her palaces Word on the street is HRH the Queen of England Her Majesty With the Breath of Baby's Breath Elizabeth is looking at ways to lessen the impact of her palaces. Proposals being floated include switching Buckingham Palace's 40,000 lights to efficient bulbs, build ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, news, United Kingdom (all these topics)

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