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'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, jackassery, politics, climate change mitigation, climate, international 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)

War and global warming Between Iraq and a hard place	Gar Lipow	11 May 2007	Gristmill
I wonder how many people realize that the chances of nuclear war did not fall significantly with the end of the Cold War. A deliberate nuclear war, while a real risk, was always the outside chance. The worst danger -- an accidental nuclear launch -- is probably more likely today than it was prior to the fall of the Soviet empire. Neither the U.S. nor Russia have taken their missiles off hair trigger alert, and Russia's command and control system is deteriorating. When ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, international politics, national security (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)

Roller Curby High seas of South Pacific protected from bottom trawling		07 May 2007	Daily Grist
Roller Curby High seas of South Pacific protected from bottom trawling A landmark agreement between 21 countries will restrict the controversial practice of bottom-trawling in the high seas of the South Pacific. The deal, which takes effect in September, affects a quarter of the world's oceans, and is the first step toward implementing a U.N. resolution on bottom-trawling from December. "It ...
Topics: agriculture, fishing, international politics, news, oceans (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)

2020 Vision E.U. adopts ambitious renewable-energy goal		09 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
2020 Vision E.U. adopts ambitious renewable-energy goal It's a banner day for the European Union: wrapping up a two-day summit, its 27 member states have agreed on an ambitious green-energy goal. The plan -- to use 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 -- will "establish us as a world pioneer," says German Chancellor and summit chair Angela Merkel, who brokere ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, energy, European Union, international politics, news, renewable energy (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)

Carbon reductions or poverty reduction? Poor countries can't afford to tackle climate change	Jason D Scorse	15 Nov 2006	Gristmill
I know, I know, this is a false choice that skeptics use to stall action on climate change. Or is it? Check out this article from Reason. It makes some interesting points. Here's a quick summary: Developing countries do not have the funds to tackle climate change, period. This then requires a massive investment on the part of rich countries. It also requires massive emissions reductions in rich countries, which will be costly in the short to medium run. Poo ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate change skepticism, international politics, politics (all these topics)

The Revolution Will Be Criticized Why the new 'Green Revolution' in Africa may be misguided	Tom Philpott	27 Sep 2006	Victual Reality
Why the new "Green Revolution" in Africa may be misguided By Tom Philpott 27 Sep 2006 In a bid to move "tens of millions of people out of extreme poverty" and "significantly" reduce hunger, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed with the Rockefeller Foundation to launch a new "Green Revolution" in Africa. These high-profile foundations have committed a combined $150 million toward fulfilling their admirable ...
Topics: Africa, agriculture, industrial ag, international politics, Victual Reality (all these topics)

Update on Blair & Schwarzenegger's climate kissypoo Leaders agree to share technology; carbon-trading system a possibility, not a done deal	Lisa Hymas	31 Jul 2006	Gristmill
The AP overstated the extent of the climate agreement announced today between British PM Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (and thus Daily Grist overstated it too). Now that the deal's been officially unveiled, a few clarifications: The two didn't agree to launch a new trans-Atlantic carbon-trading market, though they will look into the possibility. Rather, they said the U.K. and California would cooperate on research into cleaner fuels and technologies ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, international politics, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

A geo-green third party?	David Roberts	19 Jun 2006	Gristmill
Thomas Friedman -- la moustache de la sagesse -- has a column up (NYT $elect; reprinted in full here) suggesting that his "geo-green" shtick would be a good basis for a third party presidential candidacy. God love The Mustache for bringing energy issues to a broad audience, but this column is dopey. Let's start with this: What might a Geo-Green third party platform look like? Its centerpiece would be a $1 a gallon gasoline tax, called "The Pa ...
Topics: energy, international politics, national security, oil, politics (all these topics)

Chavez makes a play New scheme for OPEC would make Venezuela's oil reserves world's largest	David Roberts	05 Apr 2006	Gristmill
There's some big stuff happening in Venezuela these days. In an interview with the BBC, President Hugo Chavez announced a bid that could change the entire world oil situation. He wants OPEC to set its long-term oil target price at $50/barrel. Why? At $50, large portions of Venezuela's copious heavy crude in the Orinoco Tar Sands become economically viable, and Venezuela's official oil reserves automatically skyrocket to 312 billion barrels -- surpassing Saudi Arabia's ...
Topics: international politics, oil, oil sands, Venezuela (all these topics)

The mother of all link posts Everything you ever wanted to know about ... everything	David Roberts	22 Feb 2006	Gristmill
So much material. So little time. So many complicated issues. So little expertise. How about a big fat linky post! Treehugger has a fantastic interview with Hunter Lovins, long-time champion of sustainability, now president of Natural Capitalism Solutions, Inc. She talks about her current international work, focusing on Afghanistan. I particularly like this exchange, which is relevant to our discussion of poverty earlier: Do you believe that economic developm ...
Topics: Amory Lovins, consumerism, eco-terrorism, hybrids, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Are WEO There Yet? Why we need a World Environment Organization	Ethan Goffman	27 Oct 2005	Soapbox
With climate change manifesting itself in the melting of Arctic glaciers and the drowning of small Pacific islands, in widespread species extinction, forest loss, desertification, and impending water shortages, the scope of environmental problems has changed. Long-term alteration of the earth's climate is moving us into terra incognita that's difficult or impossible to reverse. Recently, Hurricane Katrin ...
Topics: international politics, politics (all these topics)

Calling Africa to action on climate	Lisa Hymas	02 Dec 2004	Gristmill
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai and George W. Bush agree on one thing: developing nations need to do more to curb the threat of climate change. (Of course, they don't agree on the much more vexing question of whether overdeveloped nations -- one highly overdeveloped nation in particular -- should do anything to address the ballooning problem ...)Speaking last week at a UNEP climate workshop, Maathai, who presently serves as Kenya's deputy environment minister, t ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Pump it up	Chip Giller	08 Oct 2004	Gristmill
Thomas Friedman is back at The New York Times after a two-month hiatus. I don't always agree with his stands (and enjoyed the alternative voices that appeared in The Times during his absence), but find it heartening that his second op-ed upon returning has an environmental bent:Of all the shortsighted policies of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, none have [Editor's Note: �Grist editors would not have let slip this misuse of have] been worse than their oppos ...
Topics: elections, energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

Shaken, Not Yet Stirred Kyoto will shake things up in the U.S., whether Americans like it or not	Amanda Griscom Little	07 Oct 2004	Muckraker
Last Thursday, when the Russian cabinet moved to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, international leaders called it the dawn of a new era. Putin (left) and Bush take opposing views on Kyoto. Photo: Eric Draper, WhiteHouse.gov Top officials from Canada, Japan, the European Union, and other Kyoto-supporting countries applauded Russia's progress toward ratification, which wi ...
Topics: climate, international politics, Kyoto Protocol, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Do the Right Thing Frist sides with right-wingers to stymie widely supported sea treaty	Amanda Griscom	17 Jun 2004	Muckraker
How's this for a once-in-a-blue-moon scenario? Six major environmental groups endorse a sweeping international treaty strongly supported by the American Petroleum Institute and other industry groups. Do you sea what I sea? Photo: NOAA. On May 12, top dogs from the Natural Resources Defense Council, National Environmental Trust, Ocean Conservancy, and three other green organizati ...
Topics: international politics, Muckraker, oceans, politics, United Nations, United States (all these topics)

It's Not Over 'Til the Fat Lady Sings Climate talks are on the rocks, but not dead yet	Amanda Griscom	03 Dec 2003	Muckraker
The hippest catwalk in Milan this week. Photo: IISD. Milan is famous for opera and fashion, so perhaps it's appropriate that the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol conference, being held in the Italian city this week and next, has so far been characterized by high drama and public spectacle. Some 180 negotiators from around the world have been treated to rumors of deliberate sabotage ...
Topics: climate, international politics, Kyoto Protocol, mercury, Muckraker, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Rules of the Game It's time to end the race to the bottom	Elizabeth Sawin	21 Nov 2002	Global Citizen
Here's a simple game that makes a not-so-simple point. Stand in a line, with several friends. Each of you hold your right index finger out in front of your body. Now place a long stick across all of your fingers, balanced upon them. Your collective goal is to lower the stick to the ground. There is only one rule. Each finger must remain in contact with the stick at all times. If anyone's finger loses con ...
Topics: agriculture, economy, international politics, politics (all these topics)

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