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Robert's Rules
RFK Jr. endorses Hillary Clinton for prez |
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30 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 2:50 PM on 30 Nov 2007 Erstwhile earth-protector Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president. Effused Kennedy, "Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience to ... reverse the potentially devastating effects of global warming." With her bare hands! source: Associated Press From the Archives Crop Phooey. Pesticide use on crops drops in California, but fumigant use ... |
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| Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Robert Kennedy Jr. ...
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David Roberts |
30 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| ... has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Wonder how Clinton feels about Cape Wind? |
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| Topics: presidential race 08, politics, elections, Hillary Clinton (all these topics) |
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Coal's desperate campaign for survival
A multi-million dollar ad campaign tries to convince Americans that coal still rules |
David Roberts |
30 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Today's Progress Report from CAP has a great rundown on the clean coal industry and the presidential debates. I've put the whole thing under the fold. Read it and weep: Viewers tuning into Wednesday's CNN/YouTube Republican debate probably saw commercials for "clean coal." They may have also seen an ad for the debate in that morning's Washington Post, with a note at the bottom reading: "Sponsored by Clean Coal, America's Power." These initiat ... |
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| Topics: coal, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Biden his time
Joe Biden rolls out climate and energy plan |
Brian Beutler |
30 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Unless the Democrats manage to blow the '08 elections, or some other calamity strikes, a president who is ready to seriously confront the climate crisis will be sworn into office in January 2009. Following in the footsteps of other Democratic candidates, Joe Biden unveiled his climate and energy plan on November 20, 2007. Biden's plan looks a little bit generic compared with the offerings we've seen from Edwards, Dodd, Richardson, Obama, and most recently, Hillary C ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, Joe Biden, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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A political issue
Partisan debate on climate change vs. unity |
David Roberts |
29 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A couple nights ago I spoke briefly and rather aimlessly at the first Seattle EcoTuesday. I mentioned that the leading Democratic candidates all have detailed, creditable climate and energy plans, and the leading Republican candidates don't. Afterward, a guy pulled me aside to scold me for "making it a political issue." It's something I hear a lot, and I remain utterly baffled by it. The assumption seems to be that politics is bad and that the ideal state w ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Will conservatives eliminate farm subsidies?
A clip from the Republican YouTube debate |
David Roberts |
29 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Ladies and gentlemen, I give you small-government conservatism: |
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| Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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A Plan With Garrett
Midnight Oil frontman is Australia's new environment minister |
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29 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 11:26 AM on 29 Nov 2007 Peter Garrett, former singer for rock band Midnight Oil, has been appointed the environment minister in Australia's new regime. Garrett, who has been a member of the Australian Parliament since 2004, will be a duet with new Minister for Climate Change and Water Penny Wong. sources: Associated Press, Agence France-Presse From the Archives Another Headache. ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, elections, international politics, music, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Where are the giants?
On the leadership qualities the next president should possess |
Joseph Romm |
29 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. We are the nation we are because giants have walked among us. America was founded by giants. Others have appeared since to guide us through crises or to great things: Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King. We have had leaders whose oratory has, sometimes in a single sentence, rallied the American people around their obligati ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Not that coal has any undue advantage
Coal industry sponsors another presidential debate |
David Roberts |
28 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Tonight's CNN/YouTube debate for the Republican presidential candidates is, like the previous CNN debate for Dems, brought to you by the coal industry. From ThinkProgress: Sponsorship of tonight's debate appears aimed at influencing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R), who is leading a "crusade against coal." Crist has unveiled a plan to reduce his state's carbon dioxide emissions by replacing coal plants with solar thermal power plants. He has also canceled ... |
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| Topics: politics, elections, presidential race 08, energy, coal, Florida (all these topics) |
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Forum video, now with comments
Tell us what you think about the presidential forum |
David Roberts |
28 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The video from Grist's presidential forum on climate is now available on a page that accepts comments. So go comment! One thing to watch for: check out what Hillary says at 6:33, and compare to what Edwards says at around 35:00. Are they right? |
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| Topics: climate, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Our defining moment
The next president needs to move with speed and clear vision on mitigating climate change |
Joseph Romm |
27 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. Rajendra Pachuari. As I mentioned in a previous post, many of my colleagues in climate-action circles are delighted at the detailed commitments the presidential candidates in the Democratic field are making around global warming. It seems ungrateful to ask them for more. But ask we must. We need to know what they'll do to act quickly. ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Kucinich, Clinton, and Edwards on climate and energy
Grist presidential climate forum: full transcript and video |
David Roberts |
26 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Last week, I offered my impressions of the candidates at our presidential forum on climate. Now the complete transcript (PDF) and full video are available. Make your own judgments and share your own impressions in comments. (This video will be permanently available here.) You can embed the videos on your own site:If you'd like to embed the full (four segment) video player, use the following code: <iframe width="520" scrolling="no" framebor ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Denier bites the dust
Australian prime minister goes down to decisive defeat |
Joseph Romm |
24 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Global warming takes down its first major political victim: Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised to immediately sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. Why the stunning loss? A key reason was Howard's "head in the sand dust" response to the country's brutal once-in-a-thousand year drought. As the UK's Independent reported in April: ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, elections, politics, severe weather (all these topics) |
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Errata
A few last bits of musing from Grist's presidential forum on climate |
David Roberts |
19 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A few final notes from Grist's presidential climate forum, before (?) you get sick of me talking about it. Most memorable bits: Dennis Kucinich mentioning, at the very top of his speech, that he's a vegan. I heard the sound of thousands (or at least a dozen extremely vocal) Grist readers swooning. Kucinich offering every American a guaranteed minimum income, and coal miners in particular a not-mining wage equal to what they were making in the mines. Who me ... |
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| Topics: Dennis Kucinich, elections, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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CNN on Grist's climate forum
Wherein I joke about John Edwards' hair |
David Roberts |
19 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| CNN did a short segment on our presidential climate forum and the difficulty of raising the issue's political profile. It's actually a fairly astute piece. I appear toward the end. |
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| Topics: shameless self-promotion, politics, elections, presidential race 08, climate, energy (all these topics) |
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They write stories
Coverage of Grist's presidential climate forum |
David Roberts |
19 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here's a quick roundup of coverage of Grist's presidential climate forum. If you see other stories, leave them in comments. From MSM: CNN: 'Climate Change Politics' AP: "Edwards, Clinton aim at climate change" The New York Times: 'Democrats Outline Plans to Improve Environment' L.A. Times: 'Democratic candidates buff green credentials' ABC News: "Candidates Talk Climate Change: West Coast Energy Forum Attracts Dem '08ers' FOX News: 'Hillary Clint ... |
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| Topics: presidential race 08, elections, politics, energy, climate (all these topics) |
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More light, less heat
Reflections on Grist's presidential forum on climate change |
David Roberts |
19 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| On Saturday, presidential candidates Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, and Hillary Clinton gathered in L.A. to discuss climate and energy at a forum co-sponsored by Grist and PRI's Living on Earth. The forum was moderated by Steve Curwood of LoE, with Mary Nichols of the California Air Resources Board and me providing questions. Despite a delay getting started -- Clinton was late arriving -- things went off without a hitch. Well, mostly without a hitch. When Clinton ca ... |
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| Topics: Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, presidential race 08, elections, energy, politics, climate (all these topics) |
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Success
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David Roberts |
18 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The Grist presidential forum on climate and energy went off without a hitch and was a huge success. I'll have much more to say about it tomorrow, but for now I just want to thank, again, all the groups that worked to bring it together, the wonder-working production crew at the venue, and the candidates who participated. As for me, the adrenaline from the event has worn off, but the subsequent alcohol intake has not, so I believe I'll go to bed. More later. |
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| Topics: shameless self-promotion, climate, energy, politics, elections, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Anticipation
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David Roberts |
16 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'm sitting here at the venue for tomorrow afternoon's event: the Wadsworth Theater. It is ... large. I think around 1500 people are going to be sitting in here tomorrow, judging me for the poor quality of my shoes and my neglected fitness regime. I hear from the organizers that press attention has gotten nuts. There will be many dozens of press folk in the press tent tomorrow, from lots of national media outlets. If you watched the debate last night, you'll have a s ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, Los Angeles, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Wayne Rogers is no Alan Alda
Fox News disses Clinton climate plan |
Joseph Romm |
14 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I suppose no one should be shocked that Fox had a five-against-one (Greenpeace's John Passacantando) panel to savage Hillary Clinton's terrific climate and energy plan. The video is worth watching to see just how much some conservatives hate the strategies that are crucial to avoiding catastrophic global warming: I was surprised to see that Wayne Rogers of M*A*S*H fame has morphed into another Fox wacko. He labels Hillary's plan 'idiotic,' calls her a 'crazy pe ... |
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| Topics: presidential race 08, climate, politics, Hillary Clinton, elections, energy, celebrity (all these topics) |
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What should I ask the presidential candidates?
Leave suggestions in comments |
David Roberts |
14 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Below you saw the details of Grist's upcoming presidential forum with Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Dennis Kucinich. Each candidate will come out, speak for about 10 minutes about the challenge of climate change, and then answer questions from me and Mary Nichols (of CARB). Naturally I have some questions in mind, but I'd love to hear from you: what do you think I should ask the candidates? Leave your ideas in comments. |
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| Topics: energy, politics, elections, climate, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Global warming and America's energy future
Grist to sponsor first presidential candidate climate and energy forum |
Grist |
14 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Haven't had your fill of the energy and environmental platforms of the presidential candidates? On Sat. November 17 at 2pm PST, Grist will be sponsoring the first-ever candidate forum focusing on the issues of energy policy and climate change, in Los Angeles. It will be webcast live on this page. All major presidential hopefuls were invited; Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich have agreed to attend. L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will introduce the evening, ... |
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| Topics: politics, elections, presidential race 08, climate, energy, shameless self-promotion (all these topics) |
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Romney on the Issues
A look at Mitt Romney's environmental platform and record |
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13 Nov 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Update: Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race on Feb. 7, 2008. Mitt Romney. Photo: Romney campaign Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney isn't convinced humans are a big contributor to climate change, but he supports efforts that would cut greenhouse-gas emissions while pushing America toward energy independence. As governor of Massachusetts from January 2003 to January 2007, he got off ... |
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| Topics: elections, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Masters of their domain
Politicians and the art of deception |
biodiversivist |
08 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Compare this video (posted by David) of Hillary squirming while she tells a whopper with the video below of McCain being brutally honest (via a comment by greyflcn in same post). Refreshing. We human beings are masters of deception, and of detection of said deception -- the result of an evolutionary arms race: Update: I didn't realize that this is old footage before his flip flop. Update: Compare his demeanor in the above clip to his demeanor in the clip b ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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WTF happened to a 'new direction'?
Obama condemns mining reform package as too hard on the mining industry |
David Roberts |
08 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Barack Obama is ticking me off. First he opportunistically attacks Clinton for not being enthusiastic enough in her support for corn ethanol -- which he knows perfectly well is an environmental dead end. Then ... this: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he does not support mining reform legislation that recently passed the House of Representatives and would work to find a compromise that is more friendly to the mining industry. 'T ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, mining, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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