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Obama on nukes
RNC claims Obama contradicts himself on nuclear power |
Kate Sheppard |
25 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Perhaps in response to Barack Obama's criticism of McCain on nuclear power yesterday, the Republican National Committee is circulating a research piece claiming the Democratic candidate has flip-flopped on the issue, citing quotes and videos of Obama. The quotes: From the CNN/YouTube Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C., in July 2007: 'I actually think that we should explore nuclear power as part of the energy mix. There are no silver bullets to this issue ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Voters' Voices: Oregon
Talking with voters in Portland about the environment and the election |
Melinda Henneberger |
25 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: David Grant This is part of a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Portland, Ore. -- Oh, the indignity of tooling around environmentally aware Portland in a big-dog SUV, in between conversations about the environment. Even the guy at the rental-car counter was apologetic: 'I know,' he said, when I gulped at the news that my economy car ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, Oregon, politics, presidential race 08, Voters Voices (all these topics) |
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Nevada say never again
Obama heads to Nevada, takes on McCain in energy policy address |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Not to let John McCain have all the attention on energy policy this week, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama gave a speech on energy today in Springs Preserve, a 180-acre area in Nevada dedicated to sustainability. 'What we are seeing here ... is that a green, renewable energy economy isn't some pie-in-the-sky, far-off future, it is now,' said Obama. 'It is creating jobs, now. It is providing cheap alternatives to $140-a-barrel oil, now. And it can c ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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No McCain, no gain
GOP candidate calls for energy efficiency in a California speech |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain gave yet another address on energy and environmental issues today (the third in the past week, if you're counting), this one focused on energy efficiency, which he says should begin at home with the federal government. 'Energy efficiency is no longer just a moral luxury or a personal virtue,' he told a crowd gathered at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in California on Tuesday morning, echoing language from his June 17 energy speech. 'A sm ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, energy efficiency, John McCain, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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A Springfield in his step
McCain goes to Springfield, talks up nukes and coal |
Kate Sheppard |
18 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain followed up yesterday's energy speech with more energy talk today during a roundtable at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Today he focused more specifically on his support for two energy sources: nuclear power and 'clean coal.' The roundtable also featured Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the world's largest coal company, and Mike Chesser, CEO of Great Plains Energy. The panel was moderated by Jim Jones, a Chevron board member and pre ... |
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| Topics: coal, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Windfalling for you
Did McCain switch positions on windfall profits tax? |
Kate Sheppard |
18 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain on a windfall profits tax, in his speech on energy policy delivered in Houston yesterday: So what does Senator Obama support in energy policy? Well, for starters he supported the energy bill of 2005 -- a grab-bag of corporate favors that I opposed. And now he supports new taxes on energy producers. He wants a windfall profits tax on oil, to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas. If the plan sounds familiar, it's because tha ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, elections, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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There's Gore where that came from
Gore endorses Obama, says candidate has what it takes to tackle climate crisis |
Kate Sheppard |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Al Gore endorsed Barack Obama on Monday evening in Detroit, Mich., calling him 'a candidate who, in response to those doubting our ability to solve the climate crisis and create a bright future, inspired millions to say, 'Yes we can.'' 'For America to lead the world through the dangers and opportunity we're seeing before us, we've got to have new leadership,' said Gore. 'After eight years of incompetence, neglect and failure, we need change.' Gore said John McCai ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Two out of three ain't bad
McCain campaign clarifies (some of) McCain's climate malapropisms |
David Roberts |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Earlier today, Kate reported on some confused remarks from John McCain on his plan for a carbon cap. Via Politico, the McCain campaign has now clarified the remarks. Here's the original exchange: QUESTION: The European Union has set mandatory targets on renewable energy. Is that something you would consider in a McCain administration? [...] MCCAIN: Sure. I believe in the cap-and-trade system, as you know. I would not at this time make those -- impose a manda ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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All that, and Gore
Al Gore to endorse Barack Obama in Detroit tonight |
Kate Sheppard |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| At long last, Al Gore is jumping back into the presidential election ring. With an endorsement, we mean. In a speech to be delivered at 8:30 p.m. EST in Detroit, Mich., the Goracle will endorse Barack Obama. From the announcement on Gore's blog: A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected Presiden ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Trouble in paradise?
McCain criticized during Florida trip for opposing funding for Everglades restoration |
Kate Sheppard |
09 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Visiting the Everglades has become de rigueur for presidential candidates hoping to shore up environmental cred in Florida, the nation's most populous swing state. But Republican presidential candidate John McCain's trip to the wetlands on Friday seemed to generate only bad publicity. Last year McCain opposed legislation that included funding for Everglades restoration and urged colleagues to let Bush's veto of the bill stand. And last week he didn't do a particul ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Florida, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Udall the right moves
Senate race takes shape in New Mexico |
Kate Sheppard |
05 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This got lost in the flap over the Climate Security Act yesterday, but via Politico, on Tuesday night Rep. Steve Pearce narrowly won the Republican Senate primary in New Mexico. He beat out Rep. Heather Wilson by a margin of 51 to 49 percent in the contest to see who will replace GOP Sen. Pete Domenici, who is retiring for health reasons. Wilson was seen as the more moderate of the two candidates, though she has an overwhelmingly negative voting record in the House ... |
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| Topics: elections, Muckraker, New Mexico, news, politics, state politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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Plane dealer
McCain asks Obama to plane-pool to joint town-hall meetings |
Kate Sheppard |
04 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Now that Barack Obama has the Democratic presidential nomination in the bag, John McCain says he wants to get the general election rolling. This morning, McCain invited Obama to join him for 10 town-hall-style meetings throughout the summer. In a conference call with reporters this afternoon, McCain said the 'old-fashioned, traditional town-hall meeting' would 'change the debate in America.' McCain says he'd like to ride-share (might one call this 'plane-pooling'? ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama wins enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination
Obama claims nomination, but Clinton says she's not going anywhere yet |
Kate Sheppard |
03 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: wfiupublicradio Barack Obama secured enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, passing the threshold of 2,118 needed to become the party's candidate. 'Because you chose to listen not to your doubts or your fears but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations, tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another -- a journey that will bring a new and better day to America,' Obama said in his victory s ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Intensity vs. preference
Climate, as such, is unlikely to ever be a determinant of many votes |
David Roberts |
20 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Chris Hayes emphasizes the difference between, in Grover Norquist's terms, "intensity and preference" -- issues that people vote on vs. ones they merely respond to favorably in polls. He thinks it's dumb that many Dems still don't seem to get the difference when it comes to deficit spending. Which reminds me of something I've been meaning to say about climate. It's often said that absent some sort of serious catastrophe -- "another Katrina" -- cl ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, politics, severe weather (all these topics) |
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Getting Mr. Smith out of Washington
Grist talks to underdog Oregon Senate contender Steve Novick |
Kate Sheppard |
19 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Steve Novick. Photo: novickforsenate.org Tomorrow is the presidential primary in both Oregon and Kentucky, but it's also a key Senate primary in Oregon, where two Democrats are facing off to see who will get to take a crack at unseating Gordon Smith, the sole GOP senator on the West Coast. When Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley announced his bid for the nomination in August, it looked like a win was inevitable. He was hand-picked by Democratic Senatorial ... |
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| Topics: elections, interview, Muckraker, Oregon, politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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Not killing to get elected
Presidential candidates may forgo shooting small animals to impress voters this year |
Kit Stolz |
18 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This presidential election, for the first time in decades, will not feature candidates for the highest office in the land donning hunting gear and going out with guns to shoot small animals fleeing in terror. The contrast to the 2004 election, in which both candidates made a publicity stunt out of killing for votes, is stark. In September of that year, The Arizona Republic published in September a strong op-ed by former White House speechwriter Matthew Scully, who excori ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Carly Fiorina on McCain
RNC 'Victory Chair' talks about McCain's climate agenda |
Kate Sheppard |
17 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Grist recently caught a few minutes with Carly Fiorina, the 'Victory Chair' of the Republican National Committee. (Quite the title, eh? Apparently it means she's 'the primary advocate for John McCain and the Republican Party' at the RNC.) Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and a former executive at both AT&T and Lucent Technologies, is charged with traveling the country to promote McCain's plans for economic growth and job creation. Grist asked her how ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Windfall beneath his wings?
McCain might not be as opposed to a windfall profits tax as his fellow Republicans |
Kate Sheppard |
16 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Via the Democratic National Committee's blog, this video makes it seem like John McCain might not be as opposed to a windfall profits tax on oil companies as are his colleagues in the Senate and at the RNC: |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Subsidize my love
Grist asks McCain about contradictory messages on nuclear subsidies |
Kate Sheppard |
15 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain hosted a call-in with bloggers today following his address in Columbus, Ohio, in which he outlined his priorities for a first term in office. Grist got in a couple of questions: You mentioned climate and energy in your speech today, that they would be among your top priorities, and that has also been the focus of several speeches this week. You say in general that you're against subsidies, even for renewable energy, but you said today that you'd like to ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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'2013'
McCain outlines priorities for first term; climate and energy make the cut |
Kate Sheppard |
15 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain is in Ohio today, where he gave a speech this morning about what he plans to accomplish by 2013. Progress on climate and energy is part of his vision for a better world at the end of his first term: The United States is well on the way to independence from foreign sources of oil -- progress that has not only begun to alleviate the environmental threat posed from climate change, but has greatly improved our security as well. A cap-and-trade system has bee ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Voters' Voices: West Virginia II
Race mattered in the W.Va. primary, but will it keep mattering? |
Melinda Henneberger |
14 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is the second in a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the election. Charleston, W.Va. -- According to the exit polls, I was hanging out with a bunch of racially challenged Hillary supporters at last night's victory party here. One in five West Virginia voters fessed up that race was an important factor in their choice of a candidate –- and they didn't mean they saw Obama's diverse h ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08, Voters Voices, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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As if!
Will McCain bring conservatives with him on climate? |
Joseph Romm |
14 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A President McCain would have no magic wand to get conservatives to join a cause they simply don't believe in, much as he wasn't able to get them to join the cause for his McCain-Lieberman climate bill. As E&E News ($ub. req'd) reports today:Several key Capitol Hill Republicans stood defiant yesterday against the types of changes to U.S. global warming policy spelled out earlier this week by presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain ... 'I'm going to ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Truth laid bear?
McCain promotes eco-cred, while his advisers push for more Bush-style policies |
Kate Sheppard |
14 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In honor of John McCain's eco-week, both the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee have launched sites where folks can make personal pledges to protect the planet. The McCain campaign has also put out a line of 'eco-friendly' swag -- shirts, hats, tote bags, etc. Meanwhile, McCain adviser Kevin Hassett, who is also the director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, argues in an op-ed that polar bears shouldn't be listed as ... |
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| Topics: elections, endangered species, john mccain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, polar bears, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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We'll always have Monaco
W. Va. Supreme Court chief justice and friend to dirty coal loses reelection bid |
David Roberts |
14 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Remember Spike Maynard? He was the chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, the one caught canoodling around the Caribbean with mountaintop mining executive Don Blankenship -- and some young women to whom, suffice to say, they were not betrothed -- while Blankenship's company, Massey Energy, had a case before the court. Maynard said he just happened to run into Blankenship in Monaco. (These things happen, right?) Spike got booted from that case, but he dragg ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, shenanigans, state politics, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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Voters' Voices: West Virginia
Talking with voters in the Mountain State |
Melinda Henneberger |
13 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is the first in a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Photo: Wignut Huntington, W.Va. -- Door-knocking for Barack Obama in a state where he expects to get stomped today has been kind of thankless for Pam Wonnell, a nurse and old friend of mine who moved here from Illinois last year for her husband's job in coal mining: 'I am not feeling t ... |
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| Topics: coal, elections, energy, mining, politics, presidential race 08, Voters Voices, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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