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Bush pushes climate meeting, shuns solution Again	Joseph Romm	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Kind of a good news, bad news story: President George W. Bush has invited the European Union, the United Nations and 11 other countries to the September 27-28 meeting in Washington to work toward setting a long-term goal by 2008 to cut emissions. Yet it turns out just to be a meeting full of sound and fury, signifying nothing: 'But a senior U.S. official said the administration stood by its opposition to mandatory economy-wide caps.' A meeting aimed at (1) ...
Topics: climate, George Bush, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Global warring Are we a nation permanently at war?	David Roberts	02 Aug 2007	Gristmill
In his interview with Grist, Dennis Kucinich urged us all to recognize the connection between global warming and global warring. In that spirit, I thought I'd pass along an astute observation from Glenn Greenwald, who on matters of media and war/terrorism is without peer. About this quote from Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn.), a conservative member of the DLC: Bill Clinton ordered our troops and worked with NATO in Bosnia. That's the kind of pro-war Democrat that we ou ...
Topics: Dennis Kucinich, international politics, politics (all these topics)

The Middle East	David Roberts	28 Jul 2007	Gristmill
NYT:The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to eventually total $20 billion at a time when some United States officials contend that the Saudis are playing a counterproductive role in Iraq.Discuss.
Topics: international politics, politics (all these topics)

To the rescue! A new group called The Elders to solve globe's problems	David Roberts	19 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Singer Peter Gabriel and industry titan Richard Branson conceived, and have now convened and funded, a group called The Elders, a small collection of eminent global statesmenpersons who, it is hoped, will be able to ... um ... be wise and stuff. And also use their superpowers to solve pressing global problems like climate change and poverty and reality tv. Meet your elders! The members include Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop emeritus of Capetown; former U.S. ...
Topics: politics, international politics, climate (all these topics)

The 'crime' of dialogue: Iran's disgraceful detention of Haleh Esfandiari Environmental peacekeeping runs into authoritarianism	Geoff Dabelko	19 Jul 2007	Gristmill
My friend and colleague is in jail. Unjustly. Her name is Haleh Esfandiari, and she is a grandmother. In early May, she was thrust into solitary confinement in Iran's Evin Prison with a single blanket. She hasn't been allowed to meet with her friends, family, or lawyers since then. This picture shows Evin Prison nestled within the leafy northern suburbs of Tehran at the foot of snowcapped mountains, but the prison has none of the bucolic qualities that the image s ...
Topics: international politics, Iran, politics (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: New prime minister steps up to the plate A glimpse of environmental policies to come from Gordon Brown	Peter Madden	03 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Peter Madden, chief executive of Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. Britain has a new prime minister. After leading the country for 10 years, Tony Blair has stepped down. Gordon Brown, Blair's number two for the past decade, takes up the reins. Brown is viewed as solid and dependable, if a little dour. He is slightly to the left of Blair on most issues, though he has also pushed through a lot of bu ...
Topics: climate, energy, Gordon Brown, international politics, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Al Gore's call to action An editorial in the NYT	David Roberts	30 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Al Gore:... we should demand that the United States join an international treaty within the next two years that cuts global warming pollution by 90 percent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide in time for the next generation to inherit a healthy Earth....We should aim to complete this global treaty by the end of 2009 -- and not wait until 2012 as currently planned....A new treaty will still have differentiated commitments, of course; countries will be ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, international politics, politics (all these topics)

15 Green Politicians		26 Jun 2007	Main Dish
From mayors to heads of state, politicians the world over are going green. Check out our list of top achievers, then tell us which political leaders you'd nominate in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Photo: Thomas Hawk via Flickr Arnold Schwarzenegger The Governator has truly pumped up environmental action in California. He made the state a global leader on climate change by signing into law the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Boxer, international politics, lists, local politics, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Time to put the notion of 'energy independence' to bed So says Jim Henley, and yours truly	David Roberts	19 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Jim Henley says that "energy independence" is the most ridiculous phrase in the American political lexicon: The concept of "energy independence" is a sham. I think it's generally code for "Then we can stop being nice to the fvcking A-rabs," but this gets gussied up with terms like "instability" and references to Hugo Chavez, who has been around a lot less long than the Magic Words. (It is often also code for " ...
Topics: climate, energy, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Howard emulates his hero Australia tries to distract from Kyoto	David Roberts	07 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Looks like somebody's been taking lessons from Bush. Get this:'The Kyoto model -- top-down, prescriptive, legalistic and Euro-centric -- simply won't fly in a rising Asia-Pacific region,' Howard told an Asia Society Australasia dinner.Gag.
Topics: Australia, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics (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)

'Breakthrough' at G8: U.S. agrees to consider a process of setting a goal to agree on a commitment to agreeing on a process Progress ... we think	David Roberts	07 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I confess I haven't had the intestinal fortitude to closely follow the negotiations at the G8, but it looks like they've come up with something being billed as a "breakthrough." This phrasing in the Washington Post story is curious: The goal is to agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, Merkel said, hailing the decision as a 'huge success.' "The goal is to agree"? Does that mean they've agreed to agree, or that they agreed to try ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Ecuador to world: Help us, and we won't drill in the rainforest Ultimatum to the rest of the world	Kit Stolz	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill
In response to intense pressure from indigenous and environmental organizations opposed to drilling for oil in an Amazon rainforest, this May Ecuador asked the world for financial help, according to the Environmental News Service. The oil fields under Yasuni National Park are estimated to contain 900 million to 1 billion barrels of oil, about one-quarter of Ecuador's total reserves. In about a year, international oil companies will be allowed to bid for the right to dr ...
Topics: biodiversity, Ecuador, energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

Bush's 'new climate strategy' Shockingly, it's the same as the old climate strategy	David Roberts	31 May 2007	Gristmill
Today's headlines are full of the news that President Bush is "unveiling a new climate strategy." If your immediate reaction is cynicism, well ... looks like you learned something over the last seven years. Let's look a little closer. In a speech today, Bush said he wants to convene a series of meetings of the 15 major GHG emitting countries to hammer out 'global emissions goals.' To give credit where it's due, there is considerable symbolic significance ...
Topics: climate, George Bush, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's 'scientific' whale hunt		31 May 2007	Daily Grist
Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's "scientific" whale hunt The International Whaling Commission has been meeting in Anchorage this week, and as always, Japan is making a splash. Yesterday saw fierce debate over a resolution condemning that country's "scientific hunt," in which it's allowed to kill about 1,000 Antarctic whales. The resolution, sponsored ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, politics, whaling (all these topics)

Noam Chomsky on ethanol He ain't fer it	David Roberts	24 May 2007	Gristmill
So darn shrill: A leading goal of US foreign policy has long been to create a global order in which US corporations have free access to markets, resources and investment opportunities. The objective is commonly called 'free trade,' a posture that collapses quickly on examination. It's not unlike what Britain, a predecessor in world domination, imagined during the latter part of the 19th century, when it embraced free trade, after 150 years of state intervention a ...
Topics: energy, ethanol, international politics, politics (all these topics)

'We don't believe targets and timetables are important' U.S. continues to resist pressure on climate change	David Roberts	18 May 2007	Gristmill
If I may indulge for a moment in some blogospheric vitriol and vulgarity ... I really can't wait 'til these aholes are gone: The United States will fight climate change by funding clean energy technologies and will continue to reject emissions targets or cap and trade schemes, its chief climate negotiator Harlan Watson said on Thursday. ... 'We don't believe targets and timetables are important, or a global cap and trade system,' Watson told Reuters, speakin ...**
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, jackassery, politics (all these topics)

Clarion Caller An interview with renowned climate scientist James Hansen	Kate Sheppard	15 May 2007	Main Dish
James Hansen. Photo: nasa.gov James Hansen, NASA's top climate expert, believes scientists have an obligation to speak out when their findings have important implications for the public -- and he certainly put that belief into practice last year when he told The New York Times that the Bush administration was trying to muzzle his calls for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Hansen has been ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, coal, energy, international politics, interview, IPCC, James Hansen, politics (all these topics)

U.S. pushing to weaken G8 climate declaration This is getting old	David Roberts	12 May 2007	Gristmill
Next month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will convene a summit of the G8 countries, which will issue a joint declaration on climate change. Here's how that's going: A draft proposal dated April 2007 that is being debated in Bonn, Germany, this weekend by senior officials of the Group of Eight includes a pledge to limit the global temperature rise this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, as well as an agreement to reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions to 50 per ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics (all these topics)

The dots	David Roberts	11 May 2007	Gristmill
An energy consultancy firm says that state ownership and resource nationalism are the big threats to global oil supply. In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin this week obliquely compared U.S. foreign policy to that of the Third Reich.
Topics: energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

Tony, We Hardly Knew Ye British Prime Minister Tony Blair to resign, climate legacy mixed		10 May 2007	Daily Grist
Tony, We Hardly Knew Ye British Prime Minister Tony Blair to resign, climate legacy mixed British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced his resignation today in a short speech whose message amounted to, "Sorry about blindly following Bush. Forgive me?" Blair leaves in late June after 10 years at 10 Downing Street, with Finance Minister Gordon Brown expected to replace him. While much of th ...
Topics: climate, England, international politics, news, politics (all these topics)

Quote of the day From that new French dude	David Roberts	07 May 2007	Gristmill
I want to send word to our American friends to tell them they can count on our friendship, which has been forged by the tragedies of history that we have confronted together. I want to tell them that France will always be at their side when they need her. But I also want to tell them that friendship is accepting that friends can think differently, and that a great nation like the United States should not be an obstacle to the fight against global warming, but on ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, France, international politics, politics, quotables (all these topics)

Hey, That's Half the Battle Bush chats with Merkel and Barroso, agrees climate change is a problem		01 May 2007	Daily Grist
Hey, That's Half the Battle Bush chats with Merkel and Barroso, agrees climate change is a problem U.S. President George W. Bush met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and E.U. President Jose Manuel Barroso at the White House yesterday, chatting about international trade, air-travel policy, missile shields, and The Most Important Issue of Our Time. Though no climate action steps were agr ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, G8, George Bush, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Split over nuclear versus renewables threatens EU global warming pact Spring summit underway	Robert Delfs	09 Mar 2007	Gristmill
From an article in the Guardian: Divisions over nuclear power and renewable energy threatened to derail the EU's campaign to assume a global leadership role in the fight against climate change at the bloc's spring summit which began last night. [...] But France, backed by several east European countries, insisted carbon-free nuclear power be included within the EU energy mix and rejected [German Chancellor] Angela Merkel's proposal to make a 20 percent target for ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, energy, international politics, nuclear power, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Vive la Discorde E.U. leaders gather for summit, squabble over renewable-energy target		07 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Vive la Discorde E.U. leaders gather for summit, squabble over renewable-energy target As European Union leaders gather for a two-day summit that starts tomorrow, one question is dominating the agenda: what exactly did the Olsen twins buy on their recent Paris shopping spree? Once that's answered, the heads ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, European Union, international politics, news, politics, regulation, renewable energy (all these topics)

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