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Beyond the point of no return It's too late to stop climate change, argues Ross Gelbspan -- so what do we do now?	Guest author	11 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Ross Gelbspan, who's retired from a 30-year career as an editor and reporter at The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. He is author of The Heat Is On and Boiling Point, and he maintains the website heatisonline.org. ----- As the pace of global warming kicks into overdrive, the hollow optimism of climate activists, along with the desperate responses of some of the world's most prominent c ...
Topics: energy, climate change mitigation, climate science, climate (all these topics)

Cap dunce A carbon tax isn't the only solution	Clark Williams-Derry	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
At least someone gets it: All three of the leading Democratic candidates have proposed cap-and-trade plans that auction 100% of their CO2 permits. This is, economically speaking, the same thing as a carbon tax. The context: New York Times columnist Tom Friedman is complaining that no major presidential candidate has proposed a carbon tax -- which he takes as evidence that nobody has had the guts to take a stand in favor of policies that would " ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, carbon trading (all these topics)

On Track California declares emissions-reduction target, requires industry to track emissions		07 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 12:20 PM on 07 Dec 2007 As California's landmark global-warming law requires the state to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, the state Air Resources Board has determined just what that goal will be: 427 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. The number was devised from some 13,000 separate calculations, from the impact of the aviation industry to the number of cows and h ...
Topics: business, California, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Los Angeles, news, progress (all these topics)

Cap-and-trade through musical chairs A quick, easy-to-follow introduction to the basics of cap-and-trade legislation	David Roberts	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Holmes Hummel, a Stanford PhD and Congressional Science Fellow for Rep. Jay Inslee, has put together two PowerPoint presentations, one brief, one longer. She says: "These overview pieces are for The Curious & Concerned, a growing number of people who understand the importance of a federal climate policy but are confused by the framework of the current proposals."The slideshows explain cap-and-trade legislation through an analogy with musical chairs, w ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The youth are back and badder than ever The real story at Bali	Youth Movement	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
In 2005, at the U.N.'s Montreal Climate Negotiations, a ragtag but sizable delegation showed up at the conference, desperate to make sure that the world heard their call for climate action. The event proved to be a formative time for people involved in the youth climate movement, and many date its launch to that time. In a conference notable for acronyms and obscure policy jargon, the youth activism was like a breath of fresh air. While delegates bemoaned th ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, grassroots activism, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Keep it simple, stupid! How to structure a cap-and-trade program	Clark Williams-Derry	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
From an awesomely meaty article on cap-and-trade from The San Francisco Chronicle comes this pearl of wisdom (in bold at the bottom of the quote): [T]he lesson of the acid rain program is to keep the plan simple and easy for all parties to understand. "If it starts to employ a lot of special provisions to take care of every party's special needs ... and if it starts to look like the Chicago phone book, then throw it out," [RFF economist Dallas ...
Topics: business, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Let's price carbon Conservatives still don't seem to get global warming	Ryan Avent	04 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Many political observers -- those, at least, not wholly gutted by cynicism after eight years of criminally negligent Republican leadership -- wonder when public concern over global warming will prompt a serious, thoughtful conservative response. Those hoping for real solutions from the GOP political leadership may have a long time to wait, but some conservative thinkers are beginning to wrestle with warming in an intellectually honest, if mistaken, manner. Over at The ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics (all these topics)

The NYT's Tom Friedman is wrong We are not yet the 'people we have been waiting for' to solve 'global weirding'	Joseph Romm	04 Dec 2007	Gristmill
In general, I am a big fan of New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, one of the few national columnists who writes regularly and intelligently on energy and climate matters. But his recent column, 'The People We Have Been Waiting For,' goes off track -- twice. First, he writes: ... sweet-sounding 'global warming' doesn't really capture what's likely to happen. I prefer the term 'global weirding,' coined by Hunter Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics, tech (all these topics)

Getting married? Five trees, please Divorce costs even more for these Java couples	Katharine Wroth	03 Dec 2007	Gristmill
It may be better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but authorities in the Indonesian region of Sragen think it's better to have loved, lost, and helped the climate. Couples seeking divorce have to pay a fee that goes toward planting 25 trees in the area where they live. Lovebirds getting married have to pay a similar, but smaller fee -- for a mere 5 trees. Because ... their impact will be less, especially if they start having kids? Hmm.
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, green living, Indonesia (all these topics)

The tropical global warming solution Bali conference could end deforestation overnight	Glenn Hurowitz	03 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This post was co-written with Dorjee Sun, the head of Carbon Conservation, a company that works to protect forests in Indonesia from destruction. ----- Photo: www.viajar24h.com Bali, Indonesia, is the perfect backdrop for this week's climate summit. No country better embodies the immense peril of inaction -- and the immense opportunity this meeting has to make massive and immediate progress in stemming the climate crisis. Indonesia is the wo ...
Topics: agriculture, air pollution, Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, deforestation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Indonesia (all these topics)

Blowguns in Bali As climate conference kicks off, defenses are up	Jason Anderson	03 Dec 2007	Grist Feature
When I visited Bali 20 years ago, the beaches teemed with people offering any manner of products and services, and the most abundant seemed to be blowguns. Lying in the sand with your eyes closed, you could just hear, above the rhythmic lapping of the waves, the repeated murmur of "Blowgun? Blowgun? Blowgun?" What the connection with Bali was, I couldn't make out, but I can't help but think ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, international treaties, politics (all these topics)

Bali Would What's up with the climate conference in Bali?	Sarah K. Burkhalter	30 Nov 2007	Grist Feature
Have you been hearing chatter at cocktail parties and on witty webzines about a big climate-change bash in Bali? Wondering what the deal is? We're so glad you asked. The action in Bali isn't on the beach. Photo: iStockphoto The rumors are true: From Dec. 3 to Dec. 14, more than 15,000 people from 190 nations will gather in Bali, Indonesia: politicians, bureaucrats, nosy reporters, earnest activists -- th ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, international treaties (all these topics)

Hello, Bali What folks are saying about the upcoming Bali talks		28 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:58 AM on 28 Nov 2007 Representatives from nearly 200 nations will gather in Bali, Indonesia, next week to discuss what's to be done about this whole climate-change thing once the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. So what's the word on the street? United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been clear about his expectations: "The world's scientists have spoken, clearly and with one voice. In Bali, I expect the wo ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, international treaties, IPCC, news (all these topics)

Good on Gordon British Prime Minister Gordon Brown makes ambitious climate speech		21 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 1:18 PM on 21 Nov 2007 In his first major speech on the environment, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has suggested that Britain could aim to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. To accomplish said goal, Brown promised that all new dwellings in Britain will be zero-carbon by 2016, and that free insulation, low-energy light bulbs, and efficient appliances will be distributed widely to h ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, Gordon Brown, heroes, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

The so-so Voluntary Carbon Standard New standard for carbon offsets is unimpressive	Joseph Romm	21 Nov 2007	Gristmill
As E&E News (subs. req'd)reports today: An industry group released standards yesterday for carbon dioxide offsets in the hopes of attracting existing and still-forming emission-trading markets. The Voluntary Carbon Standards (VCS) are aimed at evaluating clean-energy projects in developing countries that are used to offset industrialized nations' emissions of greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. You can read all a ...
Topics: carbon offsets, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

OPEC joins Bush, Gingrich, and Lomborg in climate technology strategy Research vs. cap-and-trade	Joseph Romm	20 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Yes, OPEC is now 'pledging $750 million for research into climate change technology' (while opposing a cap-and-trade system). [Note to President Bush, Newt Gingrich, and Bj�rn Lomborg -- it ain't a good sign when your climate strategy is the same as OPEC's.] OPEC, however, seems a tad confused on just what a technology-based strategy could do for oil: OPEC is worried that a new international accord could cramp fast-growing Middle East economies, where oil use ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, international politics, politics, scientific research (all these topics)

I'm Just a Bill, and I'm Sitting Here On ... Uh, Never Mind British government publishes climate change bill		16 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 1:50 PM on 16 Nov 2007 The British government has published its climate change bill, which would set a target of reducing carbon emissions 60 percent by 2050. The bill will now go through a parliamentary process; if made law, Britain would be the first country to adopt a legally binding commitment to carbon reductions. sources:� Reuters, Daily Mail Fro ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Goooaaalll! What will it take to reduce Washington state GHG emissions 10 million tons by 2020?	Clark Williams-Derry	15 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Earlier this year, the governor of Washington set an ambitious goal (PDF): reducing the state's greenhouse-gas emissions by 10 million tons by 2020. That would put the state's emissions back to about where they were in 1990 -- roughly an 11 percent decline, all told, from today's levels. Of course, that's only a start. Real climate leadership will require reductions on the order of 80 to 90 percent by the middle of this century. Still, a 10-million-ton re ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Washington (all these topics)

Chatting with Revkin NYT author discusses recent story on climate 'centrism'	David Roberts	15 Nov 2007	Gristmill
On Tuesday, NYT environment reporter Andy Revkin published a piece called 'Challenges to Both Left and Right on Global Warming.' The following day, I wrote a highly critical response: "Centrist dog food." With typical graciousness, Revkin offered to discuss the piece, so I took him up on it and we fired up a Skype chat. Here is the transcript: David Roberts: Thanks for doing this. Andy Revkin: So I'm always more eager to search for points of agreement tha ...
Topics: climate change mitigation, messaging, climate (all these topics)

The Consent of the Governors Midwestern governors sign greenhouse-gas reduction pact		15 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 6:51 AM on 15 Nov 2007 The governors of six Midwestern states and the premier of Manitoba signed on to the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord yesterday, the first such multistate program in the U.S. Midwest. For those of you keeping track at home, along with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeast and an agreement among West Coast governors, about 48 percent of the U.S. populat ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, news, United States (all these topics)

Stakes on a Plane E.U. Parliament approves plan to require airline emissions reductions		14 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 6:37 AM on 14 Nov 2007 A European Union plan to bring the airline industry into its carbon-trading market has just passed the E.U. Parliament, angering many airlines, the United States, and other countries. Parliament voted to require steeper emissions cuts than the E.U. Commission's relatively weaker airline plan. Under the amended version, by 2011, all airlines flying within or into the E.U. woul ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, news (all these topics)

Hope for a post-Kyoto agreement? China is prepared to make a climate deal	Joseph Romm	13 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Potentially a very big deal -- The Independent reports 'China 'will agree to cut its carbon emissions'': China, now the world's biggest greenhouse-gas emitter, will eventually agree to cut its soaring carbon dioxide emissions, one of the country's leading environmentalists forecast yesterday -- but only on the basis of a deal with the United States and the rest of the developed world. When is eventually? The Chinese would be very unlikely to set their own ...
Topics: politics, China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

The heart of the matter Everything comes down to whether fighting climate change will hurt ordinary voters	David Roberts	12 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Many, many, many, many people have criticized the astonishingly stupid headline on last Tuesday's front-page Washington Post story: "Climate Is a Risky Issue for Democrats." The Republican base still clings to denial of plain reality, the Republican leadership is openly in hock to fossil-fuel companies, media coverage of climate has never been more intense, fighting climate change polls off the charts, especially among young people, and polls ...
Topics: politics, climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Carbon sequestration and the precautionary principle A guest essay from Peter Montague raises questions about the rush to sequestration	David Roberts	12 Nov 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Peter Montague, executive director of the Environmental Research Foundation. ----- In response to a relentless stream of bad news about global warming, a cluster of major industries has formed a loose partnership with big environmental groups, prestigious universities, philanthropic foundations, and the U.S. federal government -- all promoting a technical quick-fix for global warming called "carbon sequestration." ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, energy, climate, coal (all these topics)

Larry Craig's climate views belong in the toilet Sen. Craig believes a cap-and-trade system is pointless	Joseph Romm	10 Nov 2007	Gristmill
OK, maybe it's a good thing that the morally-challenged senator is on the other side of the debate. He recently said: My position is perfectly clear: a cap and trade system is obsolete in its approach to green house gas reductions, it has not worked, and I do not see it working. Yes a very good position for a delayer, since a carbon tax is a political nonstarter (and dubious for other reasons), while a technology-only strategy can't do the job. This is not, ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics)

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