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Gore's moral obligation
Why Al Gore isn't running for president |
Guest author |
24 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This guest essay comes from Mark Hertsgaard, a fellow of The Nation Institute and author of five books that have been translated into 16 languages. His next book is called Living Through the Storm: Surviving Our Future Under Global Warming. ----- Photo: Severin Nowacki As Hillary, Obama, and Edwards continue to slug it out in the early primary states, one name is conspicuously absent among the Democratic candidates to become the next president ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, elections, energy, grassroots activism, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The trust factor
What qualities do we need in a president who will get things done? |
Joseph Romm |
23 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- Change -- a perennial theme in presidential campaigns -- has taken on a more serious meaning this election season. Of all the promises being put forward by the presidential candidates, change may be the most frequent. 'Change' usually is a word used by candidates who don't have much Washington experience, but want to package their ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Like a red-headed step planet
How will climate play in the general election? |
David Roberts |
23 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This CQ article is disturbing for two reasons. One, it confirms my worst fears about a McCain candidacy: Today, McCain's position would be relatively close to that of the Democratic nominee in a general election. Only on the most superficial level, but then, I guess that's the level we play on during campaigns. ... if Republicans nominate a cap-and-trade proponent for president -- McCain or possibly Huckabee -- the GOP side could play up the issue in an atte ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Let the games begin
Ragtag youth and ABEC face off in South Carolina |
Youth Movement |
23 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: iStockphoto On the eve of the South Carolina Democratic primary, some battles are being fought on stage, and others in the parking lot. This primary season, leading up to arguably the most important presidential election in recent history, has been a circus. Even outside the candidate events, voters waiting in line to cheer Huckabee or Obama might see confederate-flag-jacket-donning Ron Paul supporters espouse southern pride, orange-shirted vol ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, elections, energy, grassroots activism, politics, presidential race 08, South Carolina (all these topics) |
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There's coal money and then there's war money
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David Roberts |
22 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In an electoral year when climate policy will play an unusually high-profile role, the $35 million raised by coal front group ABEC seems like a daunting obstacle. Then again, all-purpose-right-wing-warmongering front group Freedom's Watch is raising $250 million to spend on elections this year. So I guess it's important to keep these things in perspective. |
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| Topics: coal, elections, energy, politics (all these topics) |
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Thompson out
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David Roberts |
22 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Fred Thompson is dropping out of the race today. A fitting time to reprint the Fredster's classic bit on Paul Harvey's radio show: Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. It seems scientists have noticed recently that quite a few planets in our solar system seem to be heating up a bit, including Pluto. NASA says the Martian South Pole's 'ice c ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Boucher for Obama
The latest in a string of endorsements for Obama from red-state Dems |
David Roberts |
22 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), notorious champion of Big Coal, has endorsed Barack Obama. Some greens are no doubt going to use this as evidence that Obama is too close to coal. I share the concern, but I don't think it's the most sensible interpretation of this case. Boucher's endorsement is just the latest in a string of endorsements from Democrats in red states -- including, crucially, popular Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine. (Two other prime Va. Dems -- Sen. Jim Webb, wi ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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It's the Green Economy, Stupid
At Dem debate, candidates agree on green jobs, fight over everything else |
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21 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:10 PM on 21 Jan 2008 Photo: AP/Mary Ann Chastain At the acrimonious Democratic presidential debate on Monday night, the three leading candidates bickered over a whole range of issues, but they all agreed on one thing: the need to invest in creating green-collar jobs. The CNN moderators didn't ask any questions about the environment, but Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, green jobs, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Barack Obama at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 20 Jan. 2008
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David Roberts |
21 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Full transcript under the fold:----- Barack Obama at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 20 Jan. 2008 The Scripture tells us that when Joshua and the Israelites arrived at the gates of Jericho, they could not enter. The walls of the city were too steep for any one person to climb; too strong to be taken down with brute force. And so they sat for days, unable to pass on through. But God had a plan for his people. He told them to stand together and march together ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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She'll Be Comin' Down on the Mountain
Clinton and Romney win in Nevada; McCain wins in South Carolina |
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19 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:21 PM on 19 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama to win the Democratic caucuses in Nevada on Saturday, getting 51 percent of the vote compared to Obama's 45 (and John Edwards' dismal 4). The economy was the top concern among Nevada voters surveyed, but the environment may have played a role too. Clinton tried to gain an edge in the state by touting her pledge to shut down th ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Your weekend in caucuses
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David Roberts |
19 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| CNN is calling Nevada for Clinton and Romney. South Carolina is still going, but early reports tell of a Huckabee surge. UPDATE: NYT sez of Nevada: Clinton 51, Obama 45, Edwards 4 (ouch); Romney 53, Paul 13, McCain 13, Thompson 8, Huckabee 8, Giuliani 5 (ouch). UPDATE: Buzz has it that Clinton won by overwhelming margins among Hispanics, and Obama won by overwhelming margins among blacks. Polling shows a similar dynamic in upcoming states. That's good news for O ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Number one reason Al Gore will not be Barack Obama's running mate
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David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| He is sane. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Schwarzenegger:
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David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Why aren't Republicans being asked about climate change? |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Sebelius as VP?
Can the Kansas governor show toughness under assault from Big Coal? |
David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A certain faction of young progressive bloggers is fond of the notion of Barack Obama picking Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate. She is a successful, popular, progressive governor in a red state, and has shown a real talent for bringing people together to produce practical results. That would compliment Obama's core message. (Then again, she's a woman, and if this race has demonstrated anything, it's that misogyny is alive and well in America.) What fa ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, energy, Kansas, politics, presidential race 08, state politics (all these topics) |
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Hear You Loud and Nuclear
Hillary Clinton brings an environmental issue to the fore in Nevada |
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17 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:14 PM on 17 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton is taking pains to make sure all Nevadans know her views on -- gasp! -- an environmental issue: She would stop plans to store nuclear waste at the state's Yucca Mountain repository. "This is not just, 'We're in Nevada, so we'll talk about an issue Nevadans care about,'" Clinton assured voters. "This is an American issue." Yucca Mounta ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Coal is the enemy of the human race: Edwards in the debate edition
Edwards puts the coal issue into the Dem debate |
David Roberts |
16 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Below the fold, I've put the entire portion of the transcript from last night's Dem debate that deals with climate and energy. It is to the candidates' credit that they took a narrow, stupid question about Yucca Mountain and managed to expand it into a discussion of energy. JMG scolded me for not giving kudos to John Edwards for bringing up the fact that coal is the enemy of the human race. And rightly so: he deserves kudos. This is what he said: I believe we need ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Comin' Round the Mountain
Leading Dem candidates talk nuclear power at Nevada debate |
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16 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:18 PM on 16 Jan 2008 The three leading Democratic presidential candidates came together in Nevada last night for yet another debate. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama all wooed Nevada voters by voicing opposition to the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository, with Edwards taking his opposition a step further and coming out against all new nuclear construction. The highest drama came b ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Green and not heard
What is the Green Party up to, exactly? |
David Roberts |
16 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Green Party assembled in the counterintuitive location of San Francisco recently for its presidential debate, wherein ex-Dem Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was joined by this cast of luminaries: The other three candidates included Jared Ball, a hip-hop scholar and assistant professor of communications at Morgan State University in Baltimore; Kat Swift, a 34-year-old dread-locked activist from San Antonio who said she will "be just old enough to be presi ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Me on the radio
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David Roberts |
16 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I was on RFK Jr.'s Air America radio show 'Ring of Fire' the other day, talking about the lay of the land in the presidential race, climate-wise. Should you be so inclined, you can hear it here. |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08, shameless self-promotion (all these topics) |
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Dem debate in Nevada
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David Roberts |
16 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Well, the Dem debate in Nevada this evening was largely an excruciating affair, thanks to the world-historical vapidity, ignorance, and pettiness of moderators Tim Russert and Brian Williams. Before you do anything else, go read Matt Yglesias' new piece, 'The Unbearable Inanity of Tim Russert.' It could not be more right on. In what, as far as I can tell, was the only even mildly interesting, Grist-relevant moment in the debate, John Edwards unambiguously rejects nu ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John Edwards, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Mitt Me With Your Best Shot
Romney wins Michigan GOP primary after bashing McCain on fuel economy |
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15 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:18 PM on 15 Jan 2008 Mitt Romney won Michigan's Republican primary on Tuesday, after whacking John McCain for supporting tougher fuel-economy regulations and promoting "radical climate change legislation." Romney portrayed himself as a defender of Michigan's floundering auto industry and said the automakers shouldn't be burdened with having to produce more fuel-efficient cars ... |
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| Topics: elections, John McCain, Michigan, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Romney takes Michigan
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David Roberts |
15 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| CNN is calling Michigan for Romney. Guess all that pandering worked.This means a long and extremely divisive race on the R side. |
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| Topics: elections, Michigan, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Green in sheep's clothing?
Pro-warming Romney has sham slam on McCain |
Joseph Romm |
15 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Think Progress has the whole story, but I'll repeat it here, since, tragically, it may represent the shape of things to come in climate politics for many years, making it hard for Republicans to do the moral thing on climate: Last weekend, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) slammed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for supporting 'radical climate change legislation,' and 'pushing for a massive new energy tax.' Romney is using an anti-environment front group, ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Shameless
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David Roberts |
14 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In an election year, even Senate minority leader and filibuster cowboy Mitch McConnell claims to be green.Are these people born without a shame gene, or do they beat their shame instinct into submission over a lifetime in politics? |
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| Topics: elections, politics (all these topics) |
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Pandering in Michigan
Romney and McCain treat Michigan workers like credulous children |
David Roberts |
14 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Romney and McCain are campaigning furiously in Michigan, and it's tight. Romney, for whom Michigan is make-or-break, seems to have decided it's in his best interests to sell fantasies: Mr. Romney criticized the energy bill signed into law last month by President Bush that requires cars and trucks sold in the United States to achieve a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Substantial majorities in both parties in both houses of Congress approved the mea ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Michigan, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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