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Pope and Pickens Sierra Club helps promote Pickens plan on debate night	Brad Johnson	08 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the ThinkProgress Wonk Room. ----- At 10 p.m. last night, the Sierra Club's Carl Pope and right-wing oil billionaire, T. Boone Pickens, began a live-streamed chat that had been advertised across the Internet as an 'e-rally' in response to the presidential debate. Pickens and Pope previously met in a discussion moderated by Center for American Progress Action Fund president John Podesta, in which the three found common ground on the question of g ...
Topics: California, environmental movement, natural gas, politics, state politics, T Boone Pickens (all these topics)

Back from the death Shellenberger and Nordhaus go after Obama by recycling GOP talking points	Joseph Romm	02 Oct 2008	Gristmill
They're back! I've been bombarded by people wanting a comment on the new S&N L.A. Times piece, 'The green bubble bursts.' How about 'naive and dangerous'? Shellenberger and Nordhaus get coverage in the media because they are green(ish) recyclers of rubbish. They take piles of garbage (i.e. Republican talking points) and repackage them with some green-sounding lingo and then put their green credentials behind them. I have been ignoring them for a while now, but ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, climate change mitigation, elections, environmental movement, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

It's just that they keep talking about the causes of the problem ...	David Roberts	30 Sep 2008	Gristmill
It's clear to anyone paying attention that much if not most of global warming 'skepticism' is driven by political opposition to the solutions, but you rarely hear people slip up and admit it:'I do believe we need to be good stewards and I think we are, but some of the issues that I have with global warming advocates is that they always seem to direct all of their focus at coal and oil and gas, and that's what drives our state,' [Natrona County, Wyoming] Commissioner Ma ...
Topics: environmental movement, oil, economy, state politics, politics, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

Tomorrow, choose between grassroots and astroturf 9.27.08 is the green jobs national day of action; or, you could watch Newt on TV	David Roberts	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Tomorrow, Green Jobs Now is having a national day of action, with (as of now) 661 events planned across all 50 states. Numerous green, labor, community, youth, and faith organizations are involved, along with thousands of ordinary citizens. The goal is to highlight the potential for a green investment plan that creates jobs, boosts domestic industry, repairs domestic infrastructure, reduces oil imports, and meliorates global warming. More specifically: 1. Encoura ...
Topics: Newt Gingrich, politics, economy, grassroots activism, environmental movement, green jobs, events, video (all these topics)

A rallying cry U.K. eco-watchdog: No more coal without CCS	David Roberts	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The U.K.'s environmental watchdog agency, aptly called the Environment Agency, has called for the government to prevent the construction of any further coal plants without carbon capture and sequestration. This has always struck me as the issue that every green group and smart politician should rally around. Nobody, literally nobody, openly defends building dirty coal plants. Even the biggest coal fans in Congress tout their support for "clean coal." So w ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, energy, environmental movement, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

I'll bite your legs off! 'Environmental purists' unhappy with House Dem energy bill	David Roberts	21 Sep 2008	Gristmill
This is mostly water under the bridge now, but look, Dems got outmaneuvered this summer, as Republicans managed to successfully reframe the energy debate around drilling. They drummed up lots of public support and put Dems on the defensive. This is the fault not only of Dem lawmakers but also of everyone on the progressive side of things -- there was simply no coordinated pushback. But it is what it is. Dems are where they are. So Pelosi tried to get through this sess ...
Topics: energy, legislation, tax incentives, oil and gas drilling, oil, Congress, environmental movement, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Repower America A new We ad gets feisty	David Roberts	19 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Al Gore's We Can Solve It campaign has a new ad out. Watch it: They're getting tougher and tougher! Me likey. They're going to run this one on cable and, if they can raise enough money, '60 Minutes' and '20/20'.
Topics: advertising, environmental movement, politics, video (all these topics)

Trumping old King Coal Kingsnorth six aqcuitted in U.K. for coal-plant protest and vandalism	Guest author	11 Sep 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. ----- Good news from the U.K.: The Kingsnorth Six were acquitted by a Crown Court jury. They were members of a group of 23 Greenpeace volunteers who had attempted to shut down the Kingsnorth coal-fired power plant, specifically the six were the ones painting the smokestack with 'Gordon Bin It' when interrupted by the police. Their defense was 'lawful excuse': ...
Topics: coal, energy, environmental movement, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Power to the pupil Power Vote plans to mobilize 1 million young adults to vote on climate change	Kate Sheppard	11 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The Energy Action Coalition officially launched Power Vote yesterday, a nationwide effort to mobilize a million young people to vote on the issue of climate change in November. The nonpartisan campaign aims to put curbing emissions, leading in clean energy, and creating green jobs on the presidential agenda this election, focusing on the 'Millennial Generation' of 18- to 30-year-olds. 'We want to make it very clear that as one-quarter of the voting population, i ...
Topics: campus activism, climate, environmental movement, James Hansen, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

DNC: Pollution CEOs vs. young voters Jessy Tolkan comments on industry CEO roundtable	Brad Johnson	08 Sep 2008	Gristmill
From the Wonk Room. ----- During the Democratic National Convention, the Rocky Mountain Roundtable hosted a day-long symposium on energy and climate change. One session included top officials from major global warming polluters: the electric utility Xcel Energy, Arch Coal, Dow Chemical, the natural gas corporation GHK, and the top coal corporation Peabody Energy. The five men have, of course, become millionaires as their companies have spewed millions of tons of globa ...
Topics: grassroots activism, environmental movement, energy, Democratic National Convention, politics, video (all these topics)

DNC: The green wrap Grist talks to enviro leaders about what the next administration needs to do on climate	Kate Sheppard	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Van Jones was at the Democratic National Convention this week to talk about green jobs, justice, and the economic growth potential in a new, green economy. I caught him for a few minutes to talk about the message he's bringing to the convention, and about whether he'd take a job in an Obama administration. Green Jobs Czar, perhaps? We also caught up with a number of leaders in the environmental community to talk about what the next administration needs to do on ...
Topics: Democratic National Convention, elections, environmental movement, grassroots activism, Muckraker, politics, Van Jones, video (all these topics)

Environment America endorses Obama Exclude: Another green group backs the Democratic presidential candidate	Kate Sheppard	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Environment America today became the latest green group to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. 'Sen. Obama has publicly committed to fully addressing the pressing problem of global warming and moving the United States toward a new energy future,' said Margie Alt, executive director of Environment America. 'He has made clean energy one of the top issues of his campaign, and as a public servant representing Illinois at the state and federal level ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, environmental movement, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

We shall overcome Courage and song at Green Corps training	Ken Ward	16 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Last Friday, I lead a favorite Green Corps workshop on protest songs. When I first taught the session, years ago, I said that an organizer or campaigner might only be called upon to sing two songs in their career: We Shall Overcome at civil rights gatherings, and Solidarity Forever at labor conferences. The two experiences are very different. We Shall Overcome pours forth with spirit. Folks hold hands and sway in unison, while Solidarity Forever is generally ploddi ...
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, music, politics (all these topics)

Together, we can empower our worst enemies The two faces of Newt Gingrich	David Roberts	13 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Here's Newt Gingrich cuddling up with Nancy Pelosi, basking in the reflected glow of her credibility on climate change: Here's Gingrich on C-SPAN, attacking the 'Al-Gore-Hard-Left-Pelosi-Reid' Democrats for failing to vote on Republicans' drilling-only bill:
Topics: environmental movement, Newt Gingrich, oil and gas drilling, politics, video (all these topics)

'I ... have never seen such a sneaky attack' Green groups and Dems outraged by Bush admin's plan to loosen species protections	Holly Richmond	12 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Bush administration on Monday proposed major changes to the way the Endangered Species Act is enforced, asserting that federal agencies should be able to decide on their own whether projects like highways and dams would be harmful to endangered species, rather than having independent reviewers make the assessments. Here's a roundup of reactions, from Capitol Hill and beyond: Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), chair of the House committee that oversees the Interior Dep ...
Topics: Congress, endangered species, environmental movement, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Earth to Webb Va. Senator doesn't get that the emissions are the crisis	Brad Johnson	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the Wonk Room. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) told the Politico last week that 'environmentalists will be forced to compromise next year and support the development of clean coal, nuclear power and other alternative fuels': We need to be able to address a national energy strategy and then try to work on environmental efficiencies as part of that plan. We can't just start with things like emission standards at a time when we're at a crisis with the enti ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Together, we can echo right-wing talking points We campaign continues to shoot itself, and climate movement, in the foot	David Roberts	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
So as to start by saying nice things, I think this new ad from the We campaign is a vast improvement over the sitting-on-a-couch, lending-credibility-to-scumbags ads they ran earlier this year: That said, I got an email from the campaign on Friday that about made my head explode. Here's a bit: Last week, the U.S. Congress left Washington without addressing the energy crisis. They didn't deal with gas prices. They didn't move on solutions to climate change. Wha ...
Topics: advertising, environmental movement, politics, video (all these topics)

Top heavy?	David Roberts	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
John Stauber on MoveOn et al: MoveOn has fallen into the same top-down rut that all the big national public interest and environmental groups are in. MoveOn raises millions and millions of dollars each year, but the dollars go into marketing, advertising, and candidates, and not into empowering the 3.2 million people on their list. Similarly, the Big Green environmental organizations, the largest DC-based environmental lobby and marketing entities like Environmental ...
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

A common language of dispute Three models for environmental analysis and planning	Ken Ward	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
There are several fundamental areas of disagreement that underlay the ostensible topics of debate here on Grist. I have pulled together three planning and training devices used by organizers and campaigners in the PIRG tradition, as well as Green Corps, that are helpful in surfacing and naming such disagreements -- a common language for dispute, if you will. Continuum of environmental action A strength of environmentalism had been the flowering of its forms and ...
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Nixon: Not a closet enviro	David Roberts	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
It's become something of a canard, when ritually invoking the need for bipartisanship on environmental issues, to note that Richard Nixon created the EPA. You might take this to mean that Nixon valued environmental protection. Historian Rick Perlstein would like to disabuse you of that notion.
Topics: environmental movement, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Unite around public subsidy Public investment can stop emissions faster than relying on private sector	Gar Lipow	23 Jul 2008	Gristmill
David Roberts comments ruefully on the lack of a clean energy coalition for progressives to join, and on the lack of common talking points on clean energy -- which allows the right eat our lunch on drilling. I've argued in the past that links between greens and progressive are more effective than trying to win the conservative movement over (though individual conservatives should be welcomed). The truth is, there is no solution that will lower oil prices below $100 a ba ...
Topics: economy, environmental movement, gas prices, investing, politics, public transportation, renewable energy (all these topics)

Big bad boom Radioactive deja vu in the American West	David Roberts	20 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Chip Ward, author and board member of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. It was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom's kind permission. ----- In the American West, we take global warming personally. Like those polar bears desperately hunting for dwindling ice flows, we feel we're on the frontlines of the new weather regime. The West is drying up. For example, canyon-hugging conservationists ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, environmental movement, nuclear power, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

350 or bust The 350ppm challenge to U.S. environmental organizations and the importance of McKibben's 350.org	Ken Ward	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Bill McKibben spoke about 350.org recently at the Jamaica Plain Forum. Coming on the heels of recent talks by Ross Gelbspan, also at the JP Forum, and Jim Hansen, in Lexington, Mass., Bill's talk completed a trifecta of area appearances by climate action patriots. My friend Andr�e, who attended all three events, said: 'Hansen has the reserve of a scientist, and the certainty of someone who knows he is right. McKibben is just like his writing -- philosophical, wry ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, economy, environmental movement, grassroots activism, James Hansen, politics (all these topics)

Lieberman-Warner gets corporate support Industry & green groups join up to back climate bill	Kate Sheppard	31 May 2008	Gristmill
A coalition of corporations, green groups, and unions issued a joint statement to senators yesterday declaring their support for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, which will hit the Senate floor on Monday. Among the endorsers is General Electric, one of the five largest companies in the world -- definitely a big pick-up for the legislation. 'This is a very important vote on a bipartisan plan to address climate change,' reads the statement. '[T]he bill prot ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Cost-benefit environmentalism: an oxymoron Lisa Heinzerling responds to Richard Revesz on cost-benefit analysis	Guest author	14 May 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Lisa Heinzerling, Professor of Law at Georgetown University and author, with Frank Ackerman, of Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing, published in 2004 by The New Press. ----- The efficient wasteland In his essay, Richard Revesz argues in favor of a 'cost-benefit environmentalism' that embraces economic analysis and "uses both reason and compassion to justify strong environmental rules." It is wo ...
Topics: economy, environmental movement, health, messaging, politics (all these topics)

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