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Congress is the problem 7
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Felix Salmon blogs at Reuters about the seeming exhaustion of Obama's political capital -- on both climate change and financial regulations, he just can't seem to get what he wants out of Congress.

I think Matt Yglesias and Ryan Avent both have the appropriate response: the problem here is not Obama, but Congress.
Who needs teeth when you've got cheap power?

West Virginia celebrates the blessings of a coal-based economy 27
Posted 1 month ago
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has declared coal the official state rock. Here are some suggestions of other ways he could celebrate the blessings coal brings.
Black Tide

Must-read new story on the Tennessee coal ash disaster and the myth of “clean coal” 4
Posted 1 month ago
A blockbuster story in the new GQ takes a comprehensive look at the Tenn. coal ash disaster of last December and the mockery it makes of "clean coal." An early contender for Year's Best Journalism.
Contempt of Congress 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
House GOP reveals its disdain for clean energy, livable climate with 450 planned amendments to Waxman-Markey and a more-of-the-same rehash of Cheney energy plan.
“A strong public consensus has emerged on the reality and severity of global warming, as well as on the need for federal action”

Mark Mellman must read on climate messaging: ecoAmerica “could hardly be more wrong” 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
One of the world's top pollsters and messaging gurus bashes ecoAmerica's new survey results.
'Round the hamster wheel again

Cap-and-trade vs. carbon tax: a bird in hand is worth two on Alpha Centauri 8
Posted 2 months ago
The endless, fruitless debate over carbon pricing policies is back again. Herein, I settle it once and for all. Ahem.
Lowered expectations

Coal + CCS: not as expensive as other things! 1
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
If I told you that my cross-over dribble was better than Stephen Hawking's, would you build an NBA franchise around me?
Pulp nonfiction ... ok I stole that headline from The Nation

U.S. government paying industry to pollute 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
The U.S. government will pay the paper industry up to $8 billion this year to emit more carbon dioxide.
Notable quotable

Bachmann advocates revolution to save country from pricing externalities 0
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Coal is the enemy of the human remains 0
Posted 4 months ago
Lessons from cognitive dissonance theory for U.S. environmentalists 30
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Why cap-and-trade requires that Bangladesh evict radical Islamists 11
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Raising rates to afford cheap coal 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
NYT breaks story on CO2 regulations ... after two years of Grist coverage 12
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Who will be the next victims? 6
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Up Shit Creek

Giant pond of coal ash escapes, floods Tennessee homes 5
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
O come all ye enemies of the human race 2
Posted 7 months ago
Speak now against the rape of Coal River Mountain 6
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Log of War

Giant mob protests Brazil crackdown on illegal logging 1
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Guerrilla vs. Gorilla

Mountain gorillas threatened by violence in Congo 2
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago