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Fighting global warming from space Hillary lays out science proposals	Maywa Montenegro	04 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Today, in an address to the Carnegie Institution for Science (timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Sputnik), Hillary rolled out her science agenda. After some strong rebukes to the Bush administration for its "war on science," she offered this course of action: Expand human and robotic space exploration and speed development of vehicles to would replace the space shuttle. Launch a space-based climate change initiative to combat global warmi ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

For Pete's Sake Could Domenici be succeeded by a green builder?		04 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 3:18 PM on 04 Oct 2007 Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) has announced he won't run for reelection. Could he be replaced by already-declared Democratic candidate Don Wiviott, a builder known for energy-efficient properties? source: The New York Times From the Archives Dropping the Ball. Times Square New Year's Eve ball goes green. Wait and Sea. Senate may soon vote on U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty. Le ...
Topics: elections, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Jake in '08 A candidate I can really get behind	Sarah van Schagen	03 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Forget Clinton, McCain, Obama, Edwards, and the rest of 'em. I think I've found my candidate. He's an avid biker, a Whole Foods shopper, and a willing participant in absurd "save the Arctic" protest activities. Plus, he looks damn fine in his organic Loomstate jeans. What else could you want in a President?
Topics: celebrity, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Huckabee on the Issues A look at Mike Huckabee's environmental platform and record		02 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
Update: Mike Huckabee dropped out of the presidential race on Mar. 4, 2008. Mike Huckabee. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who served as governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, touts energy independence as one of his top priorities. He dodges the issue of whether humans are responsible for global warming, saying we don't know for sure, but argues that we should still act to reduce gre ...
Topics: elections, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Huckabee on the Record An interview with Mike Huckabee about his presidential platform on energy and the environment	Amanda Griscom Little	02 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
This is part of a series of interviews with presidential candidates produced jointly by Grist and Outside. Update: Mike Huckabee dropped out of the presidential race on Mar. 4, 2008. Mike Huckabee. Photo: healthierus.gov Should you heart Huckabee? The jovial former Arkansas governor famously shed 100 pounds in two years and became an outspoken ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, interview, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain on the Record An interview with John McCain about his presidential platform on energy and the environment	Amanda Griscom Little	01 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
This is part of a series of interviews with presidential candidates produced jointly by Grist and Outside. John McCain. Photo: hatch1921 John McCain likes to project a tough-guy stance on the issues, and global warming is no exception. "Americans solve problems. We don't run from them," he's quoted as saying on the environment page of his ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, interview, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain on the Issues A look at John McCain's environmental platform and record		01 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
Updated 22 Aug 2008 John McCain. John McCain has a mixed record on the environment, but he's long been outspoken about global warming. He introduced the first major bill in the Senate to address it: the Climate Stewardship Act of 2003, cosponsored with Joe Lieberman. In May 2008, he unveiled a new plan for tackling the problem, a cap-and-trade system with a series of targets for gradually reducing carbon e ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Be careful what you wish for Conservative candidate in Ontario will expand nuclear power industry, if elected	John McGrath	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Me, a month ago: What the Ontario election needs is for the parties to talk more about energy issues! Me, a few days ago: Crud. Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory said Saturday that environmental approval for energy projects is operating at a snail's pace, and if his party comes to power, he will revitalize the province's nuclear sector. I would so love for the expansion of nuclear power to not be the one point of agreement between the two biggest par ...
Topics: Canada, elections, energy, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Fifteen years ago Gore in 1992 talking about the 'spiritual crisis' behind environmentalism	David Roberts	18 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Thanks to frequent tipster LL for sending along this very, very interesting video: So much to say about this, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts first.
Topics: Al Gore, elections, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

The good German German Chancellor Merkel focuses on climate change	Glenn Hurowitz	12 Sep 2007	Gristmill
In Germany, when the going gets tough, the tough go green: Chancellor Angela Merkel seems to have realized that, contrary to the song lyrics, sometimes it's quite easy being green. Mrs. Merkel has shied away from the biggest fight at home: the deep economic restructuring she advocated during her campaign two years ago. And on the matter of the suspected terrorist plot in the heart of Germany, she has remained in the background, apparently happy to cede the lime ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, elections, Germany, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Edwards not as green as you thought: When a ban isn't a ban Why Edwards' 'ban' on coal plants does little good against climate change	David Roberts	10 Sep 2007	Gristmill
John Edwards. Photo: kk+ via flickr One of the most meaningful steps the U.S. can take to fight climate change is to forbid construction of new coal plants unless they capture and sequester their carbon emissions. If we allow more dirty coal plants, all our other efforts will be in vain. That's why James Hansen and Al Gore return to the subject so often. Dem presidential candidate Chris Dodd has called for such a policy in blunt language: "The Do ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, elections, energy, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Edwards and 'compatibility' John Edwards would not require that new coal plants sequester their CO2 emissions	David Roberts	10 Sep 2007	Gristmill
There was some question in this thread about what exactly John Edwards means when he says he would "require that all new coal-fired plants be built with the required technology to capture their carbon dioxide emissions." Would he require that new coal plants sequester their emissions, or merely that they be built in such a way that they could sequester their emissions at some point in the future? I called the Edwards campaign today. The answer is the latt ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, elections, energy, John Edwards, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Bringing the Doddmentum Dodd doesn't have the boldest climate goal, but he's got the boldest policy proposals	Brian Beutler	10 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Chris Dodd says the right things. To my mind, he's every bit as good on climate change as John Edwards and Bill Richardson, if not better. Putting aside political feasibility and the electability of any of these candidates, what's the best way to look at their policy proposals? I think there are two important things to note. The first and most obvious is a policy's particular goals. On that score, Richardson wins. He calls for a 90 percent reduction of greenhous ...
Topics: Chris Dodd, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Edwards & the mine workers union How does Edwards' union support mesh with his ambitious climate-change platform?	Brian Beutler	04 Sep 2007	Gristmill
John Edwards' bid for union support seems to finally be paying off for him -- yesterday, his campaign won the support of the steelworkers and mine workers unions. Which raises an important question: To what extent is Edwards' support for mine workers (and their support for him) incompatible with his climate-change platform? Edwards was the first of the Democratic hopefuls to put forth an ambitious climate-change plan (perhaps inspiring slightly more ambitious offerings ...
Topics: coal, elections, energy, John Edwards, mining, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Biden on the Record An interview with Joe Biden about energy and the environment	Amanda Griscom Little	29 Aug 2007	Grist Feature
This is part of a series of interviews with presidential candidates produced jointly by Grist and Outside. Update: Joe Biden was chosen as Barack Obama's running mate on Aug. 23, 2008. (He dropped out of the presidential race on Jan. 3, 2008.) Joe Biden. Photo: Michael Millhollin Joe Biden says his top priority as president would be "energy security." "If I cou ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, interview, Joe Biden, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Biden on the Issues A look at the environmental record of Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate		29 Aug 2007	Grist Feature
Updated: 23 Aug 2008 Joe Biden. Photo: senate.gov Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate, has earned an 83 percent lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters during his 35 years representing Delaware in the U.S. Senate, voting fairly consistently with environmentalists and the mainstream of his party. In 2007, while running for president, he said "energy security" was ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Joe Biden, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Theories of eco-impotence Why is green so low on the political agenda?	David Roberts	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Why, with green so ubiquitous in media and culture, is it not higher up on the political agenda? Emily Gertz says it's because the green grassroots aren't involved in party politics. Matthew Yglesias points to new survey data from American Environics (PDF) which indicate that concern for the environment is broad but shallow. While everyone claims to care about environmental issues, nobody -- not even those who rate their concern the highest -- makes them a priority i ...
Topics: elections, environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Silence up north The coming nuclear expansion in Ontario is absent from election debate	John McGrath	26 Aug 2007	Gristmill
There's a bit of a, whatchamacallit, an election coming down in Ontario. So far a number of issues have come up (e.g. schools), but the governing Liberals' plan to increase nuclear power construction in Toronto isn't one of them. It's a shame, because a number of recent articles in the Toronto Star show how this plan is being undermined before it's even gotten off the ground. First of all, there's the problem that the existing reactors are delivering su ...
Topics: Canada, elections, energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

The next McNerney State Senator Andrew Rice gears up to run for Inhofe's seat	Adam Browning	17 Aug 2007	Gristmill
David. Joe Namath. The 1980 U.S. Men's Olympic Hockey Team. Where am I going with this, you might be asking yourself? Here's a better clue: Jerry McNerney. And now, Andrew Rice. Yup, the climate's least favorite Senator, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, now has a challenger. And Andrew is getting great reviews from the eco-community: Smart as as whip. Has a masters degree from Harvard Divinity School. Articulate and charismatic. A committed environmentalist, and a man o ...
Topics: elections, James Inhofe, politics (all these topics)

McCain says climate is one of his top three issues 'The fact is climate change is real,' he says	Lisa Hymas	17 Aug 2007	Gristmill
John McCain says global warming would be one of three key issues in his presidency, The Aspen Times reports. That's sure to endear him to the GOP base as much as his stance on immigration.
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Clinton on the Record An interview with Hillary Clinton about her presidential platform on energy and the environment	Amanda Griscom Little	09 Aug 2007	Grist Feature
This is part of a series of interviews with presidential candidates produced jointly by Grist and Outside. Update: Clinton suspended her campaign for the presidency on June 7, 2008. Hillary Clinton. Photo: SEIU True to form, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has done her homework on environmental and energy issues. A member of the Environment and ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, interview, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Clinton on the Issues A look at Hillary Clinton's environmental platform and record		09 Aug 2007	Grist Feature
Update: Clinton suspended her campaign for the presidency on June 7, 2008. Hillary Clinton. Photo: Roger H. Goun During her years representing New York state in the U.S. Senate (2001 to the present), Hillary Clinton has earned an 87 percent lifetime voting score from the League of Conservation Voters (lower than it might have been because she's missed some votes while campaigning for president). She h ...
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Gravel on the Record An interview with Mike Gravel about his presidential platform on energy and the environment	Amanda Griscom Little	07 Aug 2007	Grist Feature
This is part of a series of interviews with presidential candidates produced jointly by Grist and Outside. Update: Mike Gravel switched from the Democratic Party to the Libertarian Party in March 2008; after failing to secure the Libertarian nomination, he ended his presidential campaign in May 2008. Mike Gravel. In his "Rock" campaign ad ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, interview, Mike Gravel, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Gravel on the Issues A look at Mike Gravel's environmental platform and record		07 Aug 2007	Grist Feature
Mike Gravel. Update: Mike Gravel switched from the Democratic Party to the Libertarian Party in March 2008; after failing to secure the Libertarian nomination, he ended his presidential campaign in May 2008. Mike Gravel, the darkest of the dark-horse candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1981. He then largely faded from public view until ...
Topics: elections, Mike Gravel, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

On the Prez Grist interviews presidential candidates Edwards, Kucinich, Richardson, and Dodd		07 Aug 2007	Daily Grist

Topics: Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, climate, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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