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John McCain and climate change
How strong is McCain's commitment to fighting global warming? |
David Roberts |
15 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The following post was first published on Passing Through, The Nation's guest blog, where I will be posting all month. Though recession and war are probably higher on the public's immediate priority list, there is no challenge of greater historical consequence facing the next U.S. president than the climate crisis. It is vitally important that the next chief executive enter the Oval Office committed to decisive and sustained action. He or she will need a firm g ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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A compulsive ... nontruth-teller
John McCain avoids using the word 'mandatory' when discussing cap-and-trade |
Joseph Romm |
14 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| When will the media stop calling McCain a straight-talker and realize he is a pathological doubletalker? I realize the 'L' word is frowned upon in politics, so instead of using that word, which, in any case, doesn't do justice to the full range of doubletalk in the political arena -- let's just imagine there is an agreed-upon objective scale from 1 to 10 of veracity (with 5 being half-true) that goes something like this: (10) Fred Thompson, December 2007: 'I' ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Barack's economic policy speech in Wisconsin
Obama lauds green jobs and clean tech in economy speech |
Todd Hymas Samkara |
13 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: Sam Graham-Felsen In a speech on Wednesday at a GM auto plant in Wisconsin, Barack Obama outlined his economic agenda for the country. He described his stimulus plan, promising to boost green jobs, help the middle class, dole out tax cuts, negotiate worker and environmental protections in upcoming free-trade agreements -- and, to help pay for much of it, end the costly war in Iraq. The environmental highlights of the speech are below (audio ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08, renewable energy, tech (all these topics) |
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The Promise of Politics
Clinton and Obama talk up the promise of a green economy |
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13 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:36 AM on 13 Feb 2008 Still glowing after racking up three more decisive primary victories in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Barack Obama today is giving a major speech on the economy at a General Motors plant in Wisconsin. Stay tuned to Grist for the green take. Hillary Clinton made a less ballyhooed speech at a GM plant in Maryland on Monday, where she emphasized the importance of hybrid ve ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Bad outfits, good recycling habits
Hillary Clinton touts her green cred in an Us Weekly spread |
Lisa Hymas |
12 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Us Weekly, Feb. 18 In an effort to humanize and humorize her image, Hillary Clinton gamely went along with a four-page spread for the latest issue of celeb rag Us Weekly, offering comments on some of her fashion misses of yesteryear. Explaining a huge, garish coat she wore in 2000, she says, 'I'm a big believer in recycling -- even carpets! |
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| Topics: elections, fashion, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Ready to Barack and Roll
Obama says will move immediately on international climate pact |
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11 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:05 PM on 11 Feb 2008 Prior to his weekend wins in Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barack Obama promised to begin developing the U.S. position on an international pact to halt global warming now, instead of waiting until 2009. "I've been in conversations with former Vice President [Al] Gore repeatedly, and his recommendation, which I think is sound, is that you c ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, climate change mitigation, elections, international politics, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama takes Maine in a wicked pissah
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David Roberts |
11 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Looks like Obama has won Maine in something of a blowout. This was a state that was widely expected to go to Clinton, and in which she had a commanding lead in the polls through late last year. At this point she's got to be wishing everyone could just go to sleep until the Texas primary. On the bright side, she's got a very, very narrow lead in New Mexico, with 99% reporting. In other rumorish news, it suuure sounds like Colin Powell's getting ready to endorse Obama: ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08, Washington (all these topics) |
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A trio of Obama wins
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David Roberts |
09 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| As expected, Obama won Nebraska, Washington, and Louisiana. The victories were widely predicted, but the sheer size of them, the overwhelming Obama stompery, was something of a surprise. |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Louisiana, Nebraska, politics, presidential race 08, Washington (all these topics) |
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Huckabee wins Kansas
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David Roberts |
09 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Like the headline says. Wonder where he comes down on those coal plants. |
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| Topics: coal, elections, energy, Kansas, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Stadium Barack
Obama takes the stage in Seattle to rally support for Saturday's state caucuses |
Katy Balatero |
08 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Barack Obama's speech in Seattle today made this 26-year-old feel positively old. I and a few other Gristers hopped a bus over to the rally in Key Arena and were greeted by a stadium overflowing with supporters, many of them high school and college students. I overheard an usher say 'I dont see this kind of support for [Seattle's basketball team] the Sonics anymore.' (The venue holds 18,000 people: by speech time it was over capacity, with people crowded on the floor, ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Seattle (all these topics) |
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The shape of the race
The next U.S. president will favor a carbon cap. What effect this has on the race is anyone's guess. |
Adam Stein |
08 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Now that John McCain is the presumptive Republican nominee, the shape of the debate over climate change takes on different contours. Hillary and Obama are offering substantively similar climate plans, so there's no need to wait for the Democratic contest to be decided before we start gaming out a few scenarios. 1) Will climate change take on more or less prominence as an issue in the general election? Argument for less: with everyone preaching from the same book, th ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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No climate for old men
Why John McCain isn't the candidate to stop global warming |
Joseph Romm |
08 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| McCain's astonishing doubletalk on climate in the Florida GOP debate -- denying that a cap and trade system is a mandate -- made me start rethinking what a McCain presidency would mean for the fight to prevent catastrophic global warming. The more I researched McCain's views, the more I talked to others, the more I felt forced to change my previous view. Salon has just published my long analysis, which concludes that while he would be vastly superior to Bush on c ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The enGorsement, re-reconsidered
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David Roberts |
07 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I wouldn't normally post about the latest round of Gore endorsement speculation, since nobody ever has anything new to say about it, but this comes from Steve Clemons, a D.C. insider who knows of what he speaks. He says a source close to the Clinton campaign told him that a rumor is running rampant that Gore is going to come off the fence and endorse Obama soon. Again, this is a third-hand account, worth only so much, but Clemons has credibility, so I thought I'd pass ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Romney out
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David Roberts |
07 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race today, which all but insures that John McCain will be the Republican candidate. I wonder: how will Republicans and industry groups lobby against a carbon bill if their president supports it? That is a strategic dilemma I'm sure they have their finest minds working on as we speak. |
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| Topics: elections, John McCain, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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New Nation post
Will the media give McCain a free ride on climate? |
David Roberts |
07 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| My latest post on The Nation is up, asking: Will the media give McCain a free ride on climate? I know there's a sense out there that because McCain is relatively sane on climate, this race might pose the opportunity to have a serious discussion of the issue. But my fear is the opposite: that because the candidates (seem to) agree on the issue, the media will ignore it, focusing instead on areas where there's controversy. That's basically what happened in 2000, as my ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Super Troopers Troop On
The green take on Super-Duper Tuesday |
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05 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:46 PM on 05 Feb 2008 Coming out of Super Tuesday's primaries and caucuses in 22 states, the Republicans are looking ever more likely to nominate their most eco-conscious candidate, John McCain, who was the big GOP winner of the day. But green issues don't seem to have played much if any role in the Republican voting, and McCain didn't reference anything environmental in his speech to supporters at the end of the night. ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's ... Super Tuesday!
Grist strives to be your #650,871st source of breaking primary news |
David Roberts |
05 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| OK, well ... here we go! Consider this the Super Tuesday catch-all thread -- share your news, opinions, brickbats, and whatnot in comments. Obama kicks things off with a huge win in Georgia. UPDATE: Obama has taken Delaware and Illinois. Clinton has taken Arkansas, Tennessee, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. McCain's won Delaware, Connecticut, Illinois, and New Jersey. Romney's won Massachusetts and Huckabee, somewhat to the pundits' surprise, is kicking a l ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The green Democrat's choice
Obama or Clinton: who's greener? |
David Roberts |
05 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photos: Roger Goun and Will Merydith The following post was first published on Passing Through, The Nation's guest blog, where I will be posting all month. If you're a political junkie like me, all you can think about is the primary and the general election beyond. Can you remember a primary season so dynamic and volatile, so dramatic, so filled with hope and trepidation and the stirrings of something historic? I can't decide if I love it or I'm going to have ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Incremental improvement vs. radical change
How to pick the president |
Joseph Romm |
04 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- A plaque on the wall at Wal-Mart headquarters carries a quote attributed to Sam Walton. It says: Incrementalism is innovation's worst enemy. We don't want continuous improvement, we want radical change. That plaque should be mounted on the door of every caucus room and voting place in America on Tuesday, because ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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RFK Jr. for Hillary
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David Roberts |
04 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Noted enviro Robert Kennedy Jr. makes a campaign ad for Clinton, trying to steal back a little of the Kennedy mojo from Obama: |
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| Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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It's alive!
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David Roberts |
04 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A Philadelphia newspaper picks up Jake "Hack" Tapper's Bill Clinton grotesque and makes it even more stupid. This is officially a 'Winger Zombie. Aim for the head. (Via Horse's Mouth) |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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What's That, a Bout?
Obama talks about fighting the nuclear industry, but his record is less strident |
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04 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:51 AM on 04 Feb 2008 Barack Obama talks on the campaign trail about fighting the nuclear power industry, but the real story is more complicated, reports The New York Times in a front-page story. In 2006, Illinois residents were up in arms after finding out that Exelon Corp. had not informed them about radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear power plants. Obama responded by introduci ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama Super Bowl ad
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David Roberts |
03 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Far as I know, Obama was the only candidate to buy an ad during the Super Bowl today, one that ran in 24 states, to the tune of $250,000. It's interesting to me that in perhaps the highest profile, highest stakes ad the Obama campaign has ever run, the focus is on two strongly progressive messages: ending the war and saving the planet. Here it is: |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, sports (all these topics) |
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A Gore-aphobia
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David Roberts |
03 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The OMFG WILL GORE ENDORSE NOW?! stories are getting almost as tiresome as the OMFG WILL GORE RUN NOW?! stories got. One of the sillier aspects of the Silly Season, I guess. Noam Scheiber speculates why Gore might keep waiting, despite the many people begging him to enter the fray. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Dipdive
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David Roberts |
02 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This has been making the rounds. Pretty damn effective, I'd say: |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, music, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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