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And I would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!	David Roberts	13 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: dumbassery, energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

Alas, Alaska Alaska legislature looking for polar-bear skeptics		07 May 2008	News
Posted at 11:32 AM on 07 May 2008 The Alaska legislature wants to use $2 million in state money to fund an "academic based" conference to highlight the views of scientists who don't think the polar bear should be put on the endangered-species list. The U.S. Interior Department must make a decision by May 15 on whether polar bears are a threatened or endangered species, and "[w]e want to have the money to hire scientis ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change skepticism, dumbassery , endangered species, news, polar bears, politics, state politics (all these topics)

The ghost of link dumps past	David Roberts	03 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, dumbassery, energy, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

Fox Nukes McCain touts gas-tax holiday as well as 'long-term solutions'	Kate Sheppard	02 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: dumbassery, energy, John McCain, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics)

Hilarious	David Roberts	01 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: dumbassery, energy, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, oil, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

A penny saved ... Note to Bush, media: Opening ANWR cuts gas prices one cent in 2025	Joseph Romm	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: George Bush, politics, dumbassery, Arctic Refuge, oil, energy (all these topics)

A Tough Drill to Swallow President Bush stumps for ANWR drilling and dirty-energy expansion		29 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:17 PM on 29 Apr 2008 In a speech Tuesday, President Bush aimed to pacify Americans' concerns about skyrocketing fuel and food prices with the assurance that it's all Congress' fault. Bush advocated tackling energy prices by throwing environmental protection to the winds (in not quite those words), urging Congress to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and rah-rah-ing new ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, coal, dumbassery , energy, George Bush, news, nuclear power, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Climate Be Damned E.U. plows ahead with coal		23 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 11:24 AM on 23 Apr 2008 Even as it makes plans to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, the European Union is gearing up to put some 50 coal plants on line in the next five years. Europeans' distaste for nuclear energy and the relative cheap cost of coal -- even when carbon permits are factored in -- have made the black rock attractive for meeting rising demand. E.U. electric companies say they're seeking out "clean" coal, an oxymoron that ...
Topics: climate, coal, dumbassery , energy, European Union, news (all these topics)

The flaccid mind of Stephen Johnson National Journal on the EPA tailspin	Joseph Romm	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate science, dumbassery, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, dumbassery, energy, environmental movement, quotables (all these topics)

Joe Barton: Pork lover	Sean Casten	02 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: carbon trading, climate, Congress, dumbassery, economy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics)

D�j� nuke	David Roberts	28 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: California, dumbassery, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Greenpeace, nuclear power (all these topics)

For the last time, switch to CFLs Please don't use incandescent bulbs for heating	Joseph Romm	26 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: dumbassery, energy at home, green living, green products (all these topics)

'Paign, Management Industry launches campaign against Lieberman-Warner climate bill		20 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 8:05 AM on 20 Mar 2008 Energy industry and business trade groups have launched a concerted campaign against the Lieberman-Warner climate bill. The bill, which would establish a cap-and-trade system to reduce U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions, is much less stringent than some other climate bills in Congress, but Lieberman-Warner is so far the only one to pass out of committee; it's scheduled for a Senate vo ...
Topics: business, climate, dumbassery , legislation, news (all these topics)

Trading off jobs and lives for the 'economic necessity' of coal Hillary Clinton gives tepid response on question about mountaintop-removal mining	David Roberts	19 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, coal, Hillary Clinton, presidential race 08, politics, dumbassery (all these topics)

A dry eye in the House Why Bush's water-bill veto was actually a good idea	Grist	09 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Congress, dumbassery, Florida, George Bush, legislation, Louisiana, water conflicts (all these topics)

Shell Game Misleading Shell Oil ads removed from British media		07 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 5:51 PM on 07 Nov 2007 Shell Oil has removed ads from Britain's media after the country's Advertising Standards Authority criticized the company's claim to consumers that "we use our waste CO2 to grow flowers." A complaint from activist groups estimated that perhaps 0.325 percent of Shell's emission of poor, misunderstood CO2 emissions are used to grow flowers. sources:� Associated Press, Reuters < Previous \| ...
Topics: Big Oil, climate, dumbassery , greenhouse-gas emissions, news (all these topics)

What You Talkin' 'Bout, Dana? White House spokesfolks play up health benefits of climate change		26 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:34 PM on 26 Oct 2007 Recent Senate testimony on the public-health impacts of climate change by the director of the Centers for Disease Control was watered down because the White House wanted "to focus that testimony on public health benefits," White House spokesperson Dana Perino said this week. She went on to state that U.S. experts are attempting to determine "what are go ...
Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, climate, climate change impacts, dumbassery , health, news, White House (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	25 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, dumbassery, health, quotables (all these topics)

Quote of the day	David Roberts	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: dumbassery, Texas, toxics, quotables (all these topics)

Lyin' and Steven Fox pundit blames wildfires on federal government	Kit Stolz	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, severe weather, dumbassery, California (all these topics)

Man on Emissions U.S. summit concludes with no progress to speak of		28 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 5:47 PM on 28 Sep 2007 At the conclusion of a two-day U.S.-hosted climate summit of the world's major emitters, George W. Bush announced that he's been faking his climate-change laggardness all along, and signed on to reduce greenhouse gases in various planet-saving-while-still-economy-boosting ways. Ha ha ha! Sob. No, just as expected, Bush said what he always says -- voluntary measures will save the world! goals are ...
Topics: climate, dumbassery , George Bush, international politics, news, politics (all these topics)

Well, Where Else Are They Going to Get Them? Feds apologize for encouraging employees to buy fuel-efficient Japanese cars		21 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 4:47 PM on 21 Sep 2007 A Bush administration official has apologized for encouraging government employees to consider buying fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Which is why we have a "dumbassery" tag. source:� Associated Press From the Archives Electronic Boogie. Greenpeace releases another ranking of tech companies' environmental rec ...
Topics: cars, dumbassery , fuel efficiency, news, politics (all these topics)

We'd Blame Jet Lag, But ... Bush makes gaffes at APEC gathering, forum may set weak voluntary targets		07 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 5:01 PM on 07 Sep 2007 In Sydney, Australia, today at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, U.S. President George Bush referred to APEC as OPEC, then tried to cover up his gaffe by explaining that Australia's prime minister had invited him to a summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries next year. Unfortunately, Australia has never been part of OPEC. Bush also ...
Topics: climate, dumbassery , George Bush, international politics, news, politics (all these topics)

Dropping Trout Feds trying to boost native fish populations stock Colorado waterways with wrong fish		06 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 11:57 AM on 06 Sep 2007 A 20-year effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore endangered native trout populations in Colorado would be commendable -- if they hadn't stocked some of the waterways with the wrong fish. sources:� Associated Press, Rocky Mountain News From the Archives EEStor Money. Startup says new technology will make gasoline obsolete ...
Topics: Colorado, dumbassery , news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

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