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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: climate, climate change mitigation, George Bush, 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)

CO2's lowest hanging fruit? We're inside it	Kif Scheuer	03 Apr 2007	Gristmill
We all know buildings are part of the global warming problem, but many people don't recognize how central they are to the solution. A recent UNEP report -- 'Buildings and Climate Change: Status, Challenges and Opportunities' -- shines light on how relevant and accessible building-related climate change solutions are. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, said: By some conservative estimates, the building sector world-wide could deliver ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

Sustainability in world politics, continued On Revkin's piece on poverty and climate change impacts	John McGrath	02 Apr 2007	Gristmill
(A topic I return to every once in a while. See here and here.) The link that Jason posted Sunday deserves a closer look, if you missed it over the weekend. Revkin has written an excellent, if somewhat depressing, piece on the fact that while climate change is overwhelmingly the responsibility of the world's rich nations, the nations that suffer most will be the world's poorest. It also reminds me of something else I heard Tim Flannery say last week: whatever ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, environmental justice, politics, United Nations (all these topics)

Breaking: Supreme Court rules against Bush admin. in global warming case This is a game changer	David Roberts	02 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Word just came down that the Supreme Court has ruled against the Bush administration in the landmark global warming case of Massachusetts v. EPA. The ruling was 5-4, with conservatives dissenting and the crucial vote of Anthony Kennedy going with the ... non-conservatives. Background on the case here, here, here, and here. The court addressed three questions: Do states and environmental groups have standing to sue EPA? (To show legal standing, states had to show ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, litigation, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Helpful hints for global warming deniers	Gar Lipow	01 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Many global warming deniers have moved on from denying the existence or human causes of global warming to denying it's worthwhile to do anything to mitigate it. 'Burn all the fossil fuels you want', they suggest, 'and adapt to the changes. Doing anything to reduce global warming is too expensive.' In a spirit of reconciliation, I thought I'd put forward some specific proposals to implement their approach. On a planet with unchecked greenhouse warming, we would have a l ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

The 'best test' Both sides hating a bill doesn't mean the bill is good	David Roberts	30 Mar 2007	Gristmill
There's not much new in this story about Dingell -- yeah, yeah, he's going to move slowly and deliberately on climate change -- but I really hate this way of framing things: Speaking with reporters, Dingell said that he expects the end result to elicit complaints from both environmentalists and industrialists. 'I seriously doubt if anybody is going to be happy with what we do, and that may be the best test of whether we have written a good bill,' he said. The &q ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Awkward thoughts From a new contributor	Tom Athanasiou	28 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I feel like I ought to introduce myself, since Dave just upgraded me to contributor, but maybe I've already been introduced. I'm the 'more inconvenient truths' guy! But I take the point. The expiry date has passed. I won't say it any more. Not much anyway. All I ask is that nobody say 'tipping point' either. Or 'building momentum.' Nobody imply that technology is going to save us. And I won't say 'inconvenient truth' ever again. Actually, there is this one other ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Saying 'no' to secrecy Judge refuses request for a closed courtroom in global warming case	Justin Pidot	27 Mar 2007	Gristmill
You may have heard about efforts by the motor vehicle industry to invalidate state laws restricting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. California crafted a rule, other states adopted it, and the industry filed suit. It's a legal argument that stretches back to 2005. And with three active cases -- in California, Rhode Island, and Vermont -- it's not going away soon. In a dramatic new twist, the industry asked the court in the Vermont case to hold most o ...
Topics: cars, climate, climate change mitigation, litigation, politics (all these topics)

Carbon trading vs. carbon taxes on Science Friday	Andrew Dessler	25 Mar 2007	Gristmill
The question of climate change has finally moved on from is it happening? to what should we do about it?. There has been some great discussion here at Grist on carbon trading vs. carbon taxes (e.g., here or here). For those who want more, Bill Chameides, chief scientist of Environmental Defense, was on Science Friday to talk about carbon trading. Check out the mp3 here. Bill basically reiterates the points he made here on Gristmill a while back. But it's still wort ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Gore videos Including a funny one from Olberman	David Roberts	23 Mar 2007	Gristmill
What's that? You say you'd like another Gore post? I'm here to serve! Here's Keith Olberman with a segment that is, per usual, both funnier and more educational than the vast bulk of what you find on cable news: Here's a clip put together by Politics TV -- a good clip from Gore's testimony: And finally, a few thoughts from Gore himself on the testimony.
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, politics (all these topics)

Rep. Henry Waxman ...	David Roberts	23 Mar 2007	Gristmill
... introduced his Safe Climate Act on Wed. It would reduce U.S. GHG emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. More on the bill here.
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Big climate week in D.C. Cute kids, people in polar bear costumes, and politicians, unite!	Kate Sheppard	23 Mar 2007	Gristmill
The eclipse that was Gore's testimony blocked out the light in D.C., light that might otherwise have been shining on Climate Crisis Action Day, which took place Tuesday. Thankfully, the Post was on it. An estimated 1,500 gathered to hear politicians, environmentalists, some cute kids, and people in polar bear costumes speak and rally for change. "This is the challenge of our lifetimes," Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) told the crowd. "Either we see th ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics)

The Goracle Gore gets a warm welcome on Capitol Hill, and a few heated exchanges	Amanda Griscom Little	22 Mar 2007	Muckraker
Exhibiting a curious mixture of nostalgia and irreverence, Al Gore returned to the halls of Congress yesterday to make the case for sweeping federal action to fight global warming. Buoyed by his recent Academy Award triumph, Gore testified at hearings in both the House and the Senate. Audiences of hundreds lined the oak-paneled walls of the hearing rooms, crowded the aisles, ...
Topics: Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, climate, climate change mitigation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Final thought on Gore's day in Congress For today anyway!	David Roberts	21 Mar 2007	Gristmill
If Gore had asked me what I'd like him to emphasize to Congress, I would have said: The No. 1 most important thing to do is put a price on carbon. Carbon tax: better than cap-and-trade. Cap-and-trade: better than nothing. Cap-and-trade with auctioned permits: better than cap-and-trade without. We should be pursuing widely distributed, small-scale renewable electricity generation, tied together with a smart grid. Our choice is not between nuclear and coal. ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, politics (all these topics)

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