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Obama expecting 'serious conversation' about 'drastic steps' on climate change
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David Roberts |
06 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| There was -- see if this sounds familiar -- almost nothing about climate or energy in the recent Democratic primary debate hosted by NPR. There was one intriguing tidbit at the end, however, triggered off this question from a listener: Mr. JAMES IRWIN: What do you think the toughest choice you have left to make is? Is it gay marriage, immigration, the war in Iraq? What haven't you made up your mind on yet? And why haven't you? Clinton, Gravel, Dodd, Edwards, an ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Thompson on the Issues
A look at Fred Thompson's environmental platform and record |
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05 Dec 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Update: Fred Thompson dropped out of the presidential race on Jan. 22, 2008. Fred Thompson. Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1994 to 2003, filling a seat previously held by Al Gore -- but he hasn't followed Gore's lead on green issues. Thompson got a lifetime voting score of 12 percent from the League of Conservation Voters, and he is not ye ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Hunter on the Issues
A look at Duncan Hunter's environmental platform and record |
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05 Dec 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Update: Duncan Hunter dropped out of the presidential race on Jan. 19, 2008. Duncan Hunter. Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter has served in the U.S. House since 1981 as a representative of California's 52nd district, which encompasses areas east of San Diego. Hunter has earned a lifetime voting score of 9 percent from the League of Conservation Voters. Environment and energy issues are no ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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300 ideas in 100 days
Presidential Climate Action Project releases new plan for the next president |
Joseph Romm |
04 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| How ambitious should the next president be in tackling global warming? A document issued today by a team at the University of Colorado indicates that No. 44 can be, and should be, far more aggressive than any of the candidates has promised so far. The Presidential Climate Action Project -- a two-year effort headquartered at the university -- has released a presidential action agenda that contains more than 300 specific changes in federal policies, programs and sta ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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What should I ask Andrew Rice?
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David Roberts |
03 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In about three hours, at 1pm PST, I'll be chatting with Andrew Rice, the 34-year-old Okla. state senator and Democratic candidate for Senate in Oklahoma. Yes, that's the guy running against the 74-year-old Inhofe. You can read about his positions on the issue here. (Global warming is one of the top four.) Oklahoma's a fairly conservative state -- it went 66% Republican in the last presidential election -- though there's a popular Dem in the governor's mansion. Rep ... |
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| Topics: elections, James Inhofe, Oklahoma, politics (all these topics) |
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Oz fest
Australia national government transforms; conservative party falls apart |
David Roberts |
02 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| UPDATE: Australia's new government has ratified Kyoto. Wow. That was fast. Though we've mentioned them a couple of times in our news stream, I'm not sure I've fully appreciated just how seismic recent political changes in Australia have been. Not only was the Liberal (pro-business right) party defeated but according to John Quiggen it's completely falling apart, with most of its prominent conservative power brokers quitting and their successors repudiating the far-ri ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, elections, Kyoto Protocol, politics (all these topics) |
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Heartland values
Heartland Presidential Forum will allow grassroots activists to ask Dem candidates questions |
David Roberts |
30 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The Heartland Presidential Forum will take place in Des Moines, Iowa, tomorrow, broadcast live from 2:30 to 5:30 EST on CSPAN1 and webcast live at movementvisionlab.org. Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Kucinich, and Obama will be there. This forum should be somewhat unique in that grassroots activists from all over will be allowed to tell their stories and ask questions on stage. I'm told farm and environmental questions will be involved. Should be interesting. |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Hostage situation in Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office
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David Roberts |
30 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| CNN has the latest. UPDATE: Just heard on WMUR that the man inside is demanding to speak to Clinton. UPDATE: Two hostages have been released, and according to WMUR, that's everyone -- apparently only the armed man himself remains inside. UPDATE: CNN is reporting that two hostages remain in the building UPDATE: The hostage taker has been arrested. No one was hurt. Glad that's over. |
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| Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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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: elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (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, presidential race 08, politics (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: coal, elections, energy, Florida, politics, presidential race 08 (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: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08, shameless self-promotion (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: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (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: climate, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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