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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Achieving the climate goal Short-term targets key to long-term stabilization	Tony Kreindler	24 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Ken Ward takes a worthwhile look at the goalposts for U.S. climate policy in his argument for making 350 parts per million the new bright line for success. We agree that we need to aim lower than 450 ppm -- the world is at roughly 380 ppm now, and we're already witnessing adverse climate impacts. But we part ways when it comes to how we're going to get there. Ward suggests that EDF's support for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act can't be reconciled with a s ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, legislation, politics (all these topics)

A modern-day Cassandra Thoughts on the 20th anniversary of James Hansen's historic Congressional testimony	Representative Ed Markey	23 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy -- of seeing the future. But she was also cursed to have no one believe her. For far too many years, Dr. James Hansen has been a modern-day Cassandra. Gifted with a scientific training that allowed him to see the forces at work that are warming the planet, for too many years he was also not believed by many who chose to ignore or deny the scientific reality of global warming. Today, it is my pleas ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, Ed Markey, James Hansen, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Back to Nature Nature publishes my climate analysis and solution	Joseph Romm	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Here is perhaps my most succinct and citable explanation of why 'Both national and global climate policy (PDF) must redirect its focus from setting a price on carbon to promoting the rapid deployment of clean technologies' (online here). True, I didn't think I would appear in Nature again. But Nature online asked me for my critique of the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner Bill bill, and they were open to a big-picture commentary based on the latest climate science. They even r ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Hi, my name is Sean and I'm fallible The challenges of reconciling science and policy	Sean Casten	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a post that I'm virtually certain will be misinterpreted. But it's an important enough issue that I'm going to bet that my writing skills are sufficient to provide clarity to a rather muddy issue. First off, though, a disclaimer: Science is good. Policy informed by science is good. Leadership informed by science is good. The alternative to all of the above is bad. Nothing I am about to say is to be taken as support for creationism, global warming denial, ...
Topics: climate science, legislation, climate (all these topics)

Boxer bill update Probably no U.S. CO2 emissions cuts from new Lieberman-Warner bill until after 2025	Joseph Romm	28 May 2008	Gristmill
I made a mistake about the Boxer substitute for the Lieberman-Warner bill. Every year, it allows enough offsets into the market to cover 30 percent of the total quantity of emissions allowances. I had said it was 15 percent, which was a loophole the size of the Gateway Arch. How big a loophole is 30 percent offsets? Wait and see. I had said the three offsets -- domestic, international, and international forestry -- could make up 15 percent of allowances because the ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, climate science, legislation, politics (all these topics)

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