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Doddmentum, anyone? Talking carbon tax in N.H.	Kate Sheppard	02 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd talks energy policy at a house party in New Hampshire last week:
Topics: Chris Dodd, climate, elections, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The promise and perils of public investment in energy Voters like it, but how to do it well?	David Roberts	29 Jun 2007	Gristmill
There's a big problem facing climate and energy advocates, one they seem to be more or less shutting their eyes to at the moment, hoping it will go away: regulations capping carbon and mandating emissions cuts are likely to raise energy prices for consumers in the short term. This is a problem because polls and surveys show fairly consistently that consumers are extremely sensitive to these prices. I think it's going to be frighteningly easy for right-wing demagogues ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Coal is the enemy of the human race: Robert Murray can kiss my ass edition Coal exec whines about regulations on his ability to destroy the earth and his workers	David Roberts	28 Jun 2007	Gristmill
This is not helping me keep my blood pressure down. Poor, poor coal executive feels persecuted: A senior coal company executive on Wednesday lambasted U.S. lawmakers for proposing caps on emissions blamed for global warming, saying the Democrats were out to destroy America's coal industry. Robert Murray, chairman, president and chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., also blasted the federal government's mine safety agency for 'outrageous' new fines that he war ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

That sinking feeling You ever have that nightmare where the lifeline becomes a deadly snake?	JMG	28 Jun 2007	Gristmill
India's emissions may be higher due to dams: India's greenhouse gas emissions could be 40 percent higher than official estimates if methane released from dams is taken into account, according to a new study. Methane -- about 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in terms of the amount of heat it traps -- is released from reservoirs, spillways and turbines of hydropower dams as a result of rotting carbon-containing vegetation. But India, already one of the world's t ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, India (all these topics)

The nation-states of climate change Feel guilty yet?	Eric de Place	28 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Ever wondered if your state's climate policy really makes a difference in the big global scheme of things? If so, here's a little map I made. For each state, the map shows a nation with equivalent greenhouse-gas emissions from energy. The full U.S. version is here. When I've shown drafts to people, almost everyone wants to compare populations. The western states population comparison is after the jump. The full data are here(xls). Number of people ( ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, United States (all these topics)

Memo to Google: Coal is not green Find a new source of power, dudes	Joseph Romm	26 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Google got a lot of great press for its new plan to "voluntarily cut or offset all its greenhouse emissions by the end of the year." But was it all deserved? The Boston Globe reported the story as "Google aims to go carbon-neutral by end 2007. " The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) reprinted the story, as did Greenwire and others. Buried in the story was this gem: Separately, Google is planning to spend $600 million t ...
Topics: business, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations, greenwashing, jackassery (all these topics)

China to West: You must be kidding Accuses us of 'green imperialism'	David Roberts	26 Jun 2007	Gristmill
More or less echoing what I said here, China is telling the West to shove its climate hectoring where the sun don't shine: Asian business and government leaders have accused rich countries of hypocrisy, saying they run polluting industries with cheap labour in China and then blame the country for worsening climate change. 'This is green imperialism,' Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Malaysia's deputy finance minister, told a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum on eas ...
Topics: China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics (all these topics)

GOP analyst: Democrats now must compromise on global warming Hold the applause on the administration's	Kit Stolz	23 Jun 2007	Gristmill
On a new blog called Terra Rossa -- 'Where Conservatives Consider a New Energy Future' -- GOP consultant Whit Ayres argues that when President Bush at the G8 summit declared his willingness to 'seriously consider' carbon emission reductions over the next forty years, he took a 'major step' in the direction of his environmental critics. Says Ayres: I don't think anyone could argue that conservatives are not trying to compromise on the issue. While many conservative voter ...
Topics: climate, energy, George Bush, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

New Jersey gets ambitious Plans to make huge cuts in greenhouse gases	David Roberts	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Well it would be nice to know how they plan to do all this, but these certainly are ballsy goals out of New Jersey: Reduce greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020 (a 13 percent drop) and 80 percent below current levels by 2050. Regulators have one year to measure current and 1990 emissions and recommend a plan for meeting the 2020 goal. By 2010, they must have a plan for reaching the 2050 target. To protect electric suppliers, the state will adopt meas ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, New Jersey (all these topics)

One more truth about China and climate change It's about more than money	Christina Larson	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
It's official. China is now the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases. Having spent much of this spring reporting in China, I'd like to second just about everything David said yesterday on the topic. But I have one ginormous point to add. It's not just money that's needed. Yes, it'd be a good thing if Hill folks stopped bashing technology-exchange programs as lending an 'unfair competitive advantage.' And yes, let's stop painting China as the international ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, United States (all these topics)

Shocked, shocked to discover that politicians are sometimes dishonest! Even in Canada	John McGrath	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
So, about a year ago I wrote briefly about Marc Jaccard, a Canadian economist whose book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, has been exceedingly popular in Canadian policy-making circles. No surprise there -- any book that says we can have our cheesecake and eat it too is going to find a wide audience among politicians averse to making any tough decision, ever. I was, you could say, less than charitable to Jaccard's ideas. But the latest news from Canada's Conservative do-no ...
Topics: Canada, climate, climate change skepticism, energy, fossil fuels, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Doing carbon right What good carbon policy should -- but often doesn't -- reward	Sean Casten	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Too much of the debate on carbon-control policy starts from flawed assumptions. Take those assumptions away, and one quickly realizes that we have a lot of pretty good options. Let's parse the carbon policy argument, and think for a moment about how to best engender the most economically beneficial carbon reduction policy. First, let's strike any false assumptions from our logic: Let's not assume that it costs money to reduce carbon emissions until proven othe ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Energy, economics, and the environment Political courage needed for change	Sean Casten	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Getting our energy policy right does not require new technology, added societal cost, or economic disruption. However, it does require the political courage to question the sacred cows that have shaped 100 years of electric-market regulation. A few ideas that are missing from the energy debate: Fossil fuel use in the U.S. is split approximately in thirds between transportation fuels, electric power generation, and heat generation (buildings, industrials, etc.). G ...
Topics: energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Sweden, lead'n An entire nation of sexy beasts	JMG	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
There is a large amount of literature discussing the 'Resource Curse' (sometimes called the Oil Curse, but established before that for silver, gold, etc.), in which countries blessed with an abundance of a desirable resource often turn into kleptocracies ruled by thugs. Oddly, countries like Japan and Taiwan, with few (if any) local resources, often soar because their cultures build in a premium on efficiency ... It appears that Sweden -- while not as resource poor as many ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Sweden (all these topics)

Seven truths about China and climate change That you won't hear in the mainstream media	David Roberts	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
China has officially passed the U.S. as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. This is likely to prompt a lot of misinformation and obfuscation from the usual quarters. So here are some simple truths about China and global warming that everyone should remember as the debate proceeds. 1. The U.S. still vastly outpaces China in terms of per-capita GHG emissions, and will for the foreseeable future. That's because the U.S. is a much more industrializ ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Breaking: Senate fights off liquid coal More victories	David Roberts	19 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Sweet! Here's a press release I just got from Friends of the Earth: ----- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate today voted against two attempts to encourage the use of liquid coal, rejecting a pair of amendments to the energy bill that would have alternately mandated 6 billion gallons of liquid coal use annually by 2022 or provided $10 billion in loan subsidies to produce liquid coal. 'This is a victory for anyone who takes global warming seriously or cares about env ...
Topics: climate, coal-to-liquid fuel, Congress, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Rolling Stone on the climate crisis A package of good stories	David Roberts	19 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Rolling Stone has a package of stories on Al Gore's climate crusade in the current issue. First up is a long interview with the man himself , including this nice tidbit: What figure in the administration, other than the president himself, do you hold most responsible for standing in the way of meaningful change on global warming? Oh, Cheney, of course. Both Bush and Cheney come out of the carbon-extraction industry. But Cheney has been the more forcefu ...
Topics: Al Gore, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Why geosequestration is another distraction Always keep the bait dangling just out of reach	JMG	18 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The July/August 2007 issue of World Watch magazine (produced by the Worldwatch Institute) includes a concise demolition of carbon geosequestration in the form of a letter to the editor by one Luc Gagnon, 'a senior advisor on climate change for Hydro-Quebec.' I'd quote the letter but the Worldwatch site doesn't have it online yet. So I went searching for more by Gagnon and found this short, powerful PDF making essentially the same point (in almost the same language). An intere ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Give ethanol a chance: The case for corn-based fuel With the right rules in place, it could work	David Morris	17 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Working Assets is my long-distance phone company. I love it dearly for its combination of business efficiency, social responsibility and progressive politics. Each month, my phone bill carries alerts that urge me to take action on a specific issue or two. Recent Citizen Actions suggest the gravity of the issues chosen: "Save Our Constitution," "Impeach Dick Cheney," "Close Guantanamo." This month Workin ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, ethanol, greenhouse-gas emissions, renewable energy (all these topics)

Johnson Pussyfoots EPA chief will decide whether to regulate greenhouse gases ... next year		12 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Johnson Pussyfoots EPA chief will decide whether to regulate greenhouse gases ... next year Climatic evidence notwithstanding, U.S. EPA chief Stephen Johnson would like to assure you that snoozers are not losers. On Friday, Johnson told a House special committee on global warming that he's going to put off making up his mind about whether vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions should be regulated by ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Jay Inslee, news, US EPA (all these topics)

'The 5% Solution' vs. Sierra Club's '2% Solution' Your math teacher knew you'd need this stuff someday!	JMG	11 Jun 2007	Gristmill
During one of our many discussions here at Gristmill around cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, I did some figuring and realized that, if we started in 2008, we would have three 'halving' periods between then and 2050 if we could just cut emissions by 5 percent per year -- not an unreachable goal for people who absolutely waste a buttload of energy. I've been talking up what I've taken to calling 'The 5% Solution' here in Springfield (where the Simpsons live), making contact wi ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Green and gold and Goldman Sachs The financial giant is ready to take on climate change	Joseph Romm	11 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The investment firm Goldman Sachs has released an environmental policy framework (PDF) and invested billions of dollars in clean energy and research into environmentally-friendly markets, a stark contrast with the inaction of our own government. In their environmental policy framework, Goldman Sachs recognizes climate change and its threat to financial markets and general livelihood. Consequently, they advocate limiting emissions, participate in Europes carbon market, a ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Low-hanging fruit Dirt cheap carbon	biodiversivist	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Great interview over on Mongabay with Daniel Nepstad, head of the Woods Hole Research Center's Amazon program. When it comes to immediate carbon emissions reductions, the biggest bang for the buck is to stop deforestation of the tropics. This revelation would have much less relevance if there were not also a mechanism envisioned to achieve it called the RED initiative (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation). As with anything, the concept has its critics. In my unqu ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, climate change mitigation, deforestation, greenhouse-gas emissions, rainforests (all these topics)

Natural gas from dams Dam it all	Gar Lipow	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Tucuru�, Brazil's second largest dam has many times the GHG emissions of a natural gas plant of the same capacity -- though there is fierce argument over whether that output substantially exceeds what a natural watercourse would produce. (The emissions are due to methane from trapped organic matter in the dam.) There is now a proposal to tap that methane to run gas turbines and produce electricity, reducing the emissions many times, since CO2 from burning the methane ha ...
Topics: Brazil, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, hydropower, renewable energy (all these topics)

More on the G8 climate statement The U.S. outmaneuvered European leaders, yet again	David Roberts	07 Jun 2007	Gristmill
All right, the more I read about this G8 climate agreement the more it becomes clear that the Bush administration completely outplayed the other developed countries on this. That, at least, they're good at. Blair, Merkel, and Sarkozy all went into the summit staking their credibility on forcing an agreement: mandatory emissions cuts based on a shared target. The U.S. said: fck you. They begged. They pleaded. The U.S. repeated: fck you. Meanwhile, the U.S. made a ca ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

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