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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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Who are you calling sensible, punk?
Hillary Clinton struggles to explain away her previous opposition to corn ethanol |
David Roberts |
07 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Over the years, Hillary Clinton has voted against subsidies and mandates for corn ethanol in the Senate a number of times. If you know anything about corn ethanol, you know that's a good thing. When Clinton released her (otherwise excellent) energy plan this week, it contained a whole boatload of ... subsidies and mandates for corn ethanol. That is, conversely, a bad thing. Obama's campaign took the opportunity to bash Clinton for it -- not for switching from a sensi ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The political climate is changing: Part II
How should the presidential candidates convey the issue of climate change to the public? |
Joseph Romm |
07 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- We've seen in Part I that the political climate is changing. How should presidential candidates talk about climate in the 2008 campaign? My advice to the candidates is to love the global warming deniers and delayers to death and to handle the economic issue head-on. Invite them into constructive discussion. Elevate the dialogue. Emph ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, messaging, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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John Edwards
A call for moral boldness (and decentralized grids!) |
David Roberts |
07 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Over at Rolling Stone's blog, Tim Dickinson says of this video:It just may change your opinion about John Edwards -- in particular about how compelling a combination it is to be both a Southerner and an unabashed progressive.He starts his bit on global warming about halfway in. Decentralizing the energy grid gets a big shout-out. |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Match-O-Matic, make me a match
A handy tool to find your ideal presidential candidate |
Sarah van Schagen |
06 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I've got my '08 candidate all picked out, but if your chad's still hangin' (so to speak), try out this handy tool to match you up with your ideal presidential candidate. It's like those multiple-choice quizzes in Cosmo, but with less sex. Need more info on the candidates' energy plans and environmental positions? Check out our presidential coverage. |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The political climate is changing: Part I
Will climate change become the hottest issue of the presidential race? |
Joseph Romm |
06 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- In addition to his Oscar and Nobel Prize, Al Gore may be in line for the title of Prognosticator of the Year. Last January while I was attending his training program in Nashville, Gore predicted that by the time of the 2008 presidential election, climate change would be the hottest issue in the race. That prediction hasn't come tru ... |
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| Topics: politics, elections, presidential race 08, climate (all these topics) |
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The green gap
A lovely video on Time |
David Roberts |
05 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Over on Swampland, Ana Marie Cox has a nice video on "the green gap" between the parties, triggering off Grist's campaign coverage. |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Clinton's climate and energy plan
Some reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of Hillary's new proposal |
David Roberts |
05 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Efficiency and permit auctions and R&D, oh my! Hillary Clinton released her comprehensive energy and climate plan today. It is thoughtful, comprehensive, and though disappointingly conventional in a few areas, inspiringly bold in others. With the release of Clinton's plan, all three Democratic frontrunners for the presidency now have visionary, far-reaching energy plans that would fundamentally reorient the country away from carbon-intensive energy ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, business, carbon trading, climate, climate equity, coal, elections, energy, energy efficiency, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08, public transportation (all these topics) |
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The advisors speak
A conference call with Clinton's energy advisors, about her new energy plan |
David Roberts |
05 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I was just on a conference call with the Clinton campaign's energy advisors, who were answering questions from the press. A couple of interesting tidbits: I noted that the cap-and-trade system laid out by Clinton dramatically exceeds what's contained in the Lieberman-Warner bill, both in terms of the permit auctions and the overall targets, and noted that Clinton's on the Senate energy committee, which will be taking up the L-W bill soon. I asked if her bold plan mean ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Hillary Clinton's climate and energy plan
The full text of Clinton's plan |
David Roberts |
05 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here is Hillary Clinton's comprehensive new climate and energy plan, just introduced: ----- Powering America's Future: Hillary Clinton's Plan to Address the Energy and Climate Crisis Hillary understands that we face two immense energy and environmental challenges: a growing climate crisis, and an increasing reliance on foreign oil that is driving up energy costs for Americans. She also knows that Americans have always demonstrated the will and the ingenuity to ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Hillary's energy speech
Clinton lays out her new energy policy |
David Roberts |
05 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| UPDATE: The full transcript of the speech is here. Hillary is getting ready to unveil her new energy strategy in a speech in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Afterwards, her campaign advisors will be taking questions from the media. I'll be live-blogging the speech, below: Climate change is bad; high energy prices are bad; importing all our oil is bad; power plant pollution is bad.The president has done nothing to help; he's censored scientists. We can solve this problem. It ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Hillary's energy plan expected today
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David Roberts |
05 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Over the course of Monday and Tuesday, Hillary Clinton is going to introduce her new energy plan -- "Powering America's Future: New Energy, New Jobs' -- with a few speeches and briefings. I will, naturally, be covering it like a static-clingy blanket. If anyone out there in blog land runs across interesting links or documents relating to it, send them my way. |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Giuliani on the Issues
A look at Rudy Giuliani's environmental platform and record |
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30 Oct 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Updated 11 Dec 2007 Rudy Giuliani. Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, who served as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001, talks up energy independence as a critical component of national security. He acknowledges that climate change is happening and that humans contribute to it at least to some extent, but he doesn't often address the issue or other environmental concerns. Key Points ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08, Rudy Giuliani (all these topics) |
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Substance
Grist gives you what the rest of the media doesn't; how about sending Grist a few ducats? |
David Roberts |
30 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The blogs are abuzz over this depressing new Shorenstein study of media campaign coverage: In all, 63% of the campaign stories focused on political and tactical aspects of the campaign. That is nearly four times the number of stories about the personal backgrounds of the candidates (17%) or the candidates' ideas and policy proposals (15%). And just 1% of stories examined the candidates' records or past public performance, the study found. The press' fo ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08, shameless self-promotion (all these topics) |
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Putting the OK in Oklahoma
Inhofe challenger the real deal |
Adam Browning |
29 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| As a coda to DR's political obituary of Inhofe, let me add that I spent a few hours with challenger Andrew Rice last Thursday. My takeaway? Game on.He's smart and charismatic, and he has a compelling story. He understands politics.He's also picked a great opponent. In politics, people are more motivated by hate than love, and, well, there's not a lot of people whose name don't begin with Exxon or end in Mobil with Inhofe on their Valentine's list. Inhofe's 'definite re ... |
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| Topics: politics, James Inhofe, elections, Oklahoma (all these topics) |
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Hell no, he won't CAFO
Edwards calls for moratorium on new industrial ag feedlots |
David Roberts |
27 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I was going to ask why this didn't get more play, but then I remembered I had forgotten to post on it for a week, so I guess I'm part of the problem. Anyway, Edwards apparently called for moratorium on new or expanded CAFOs. Is this not a big deal? As far as I know, Edwards is the only candidate to do this. (Sounds familiar.) |
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| Topics: agriculture, elections, industrial ag, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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David Roberts |
26 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| 'I can promise you that as president I will have him involved in our administration in a very senior capacity.' -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, on Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable, non-environmental edition
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David Roberts |
25 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| 'It depends on who does it.'-- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, on whether waterboarding is torture |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08, quotables, Rudy Giuliani (all these topics) |
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Chuck Norris fact
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David Roberts |
23 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Chuck Norris does not endorse a presidential candidate. He refrains from killing one. More Chuck Norris facts. |
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| Topics: politics, elections, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Election news
Second Repub. candidate backs cap-and-trade |
David Roberts |
22 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Somehow last week I missed Huckabee becoming the second Republican presidential candidate to support a mandatory carbon cap-and-trade system: 'It goes to the moral issue,' the former Arkansas governor said at a climate-change conference [Sat. Oct. 13] in Manchester, New Hampshire. 'We have a responsibility to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, to conserve energy, to find alternative forms of energy that are renewable and sustainable and environmentally friendly.' The ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Leaders and light bulbs
How can we get people voting green? |
David Roberts |
22 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| OK, can we agree? Tom Friedman should never write about anything else but green. As daft as he is on some other subjects, every time he writes about green he hits all the right notes. To wit: "It is so much more important to change your leaders than change your light bulbs." Now, you might want to add, it's important not just to elect good leaders but to pressure them once they're in office. To do that you need an active, organized grassroots movement, p ... |
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| Topics: politics, elections (all these topics) |
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Brown and Out
Sam Brownback drops out of presidential race |
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19 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 2:31 PM on 19 Oct 2007 Republican Sen. Sam Brownback dropped out of the presidential race today, having failed to gain many fans or much moola -- or develop much of an environmental platform. If you want to ponder what might have been, check out the eco-focused interview Grist conducted with Brownback this fall and the fact sheet we compiled on his environmental agenda and record. Ah, memories. source: Reuters in Grist: An ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Truthiness in '08
Colbert announces candidacy |
Sarah van Schagen |
19 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Alright, the Jake in '08 thing might have been a joke, but this is one serious candidate: |
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| Topics: elections, funnies, politics, presidential race 08, TV (all these topics) |
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