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She's got Obama's ear Obama adviser Heather Zichal talks to Grist about energy and climate	Kate Sheppard	06 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Heather Zichal. Barack Obama's campaign has a deep bench when it comes to climate and energy policy, one that includes scientists, policy wonks, and economists. On July 20, Obama added Heather Zichal to the team as policy director for energy, environment, and agriculture. Before coming to the Obama campaign's Chicago headquarters, Zichal served as the legislative director for Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), running both his domestic and foreign policy. In 2004, sh ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, interview, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Let's Get Physical Author and physicist Richard A. Muller chats with Grist about getting science back in the White House	Holly Richmond	06 Oct 2008	Grist Feature
E = MC2 may be the best-known principle of physics, but close behind is the rule that physicists must, like Albert Einstein, have a mustache -- and Richard A. Muller is no exception. Richard A. Muller. Facial hair earns no mention in his new book, Physics for Future Presidents, but it's an illuminating read nonetheless. In it, Muller argues persu ...
Topics: books, clean coal, climate, energy, interview, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The Maine attraction Underdog Tom Allen attempts to unseat GOP incumbent Sen. Susan Collins	Kate Sheppard	29 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Maine's Susan Collins (R) was one of just three senators to receive a perfect score on the League of Conservation Voters' 2007 scorecard. The next-closest Republican on the list was Collins' home-state colleague, Olympia Snowe, who earned an 80 percent mark. Susan Collins. Photo: susancollins.com Collins' lifetime score after 11 years in office is significantly lower -- 68 percent. But over the years she has earned praise from enviros for supporting legi ...
Topics: Congress, elections, energy, interview, Maine, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

The green evangelist Denmark's prime minister travels to U.S. to sell climate treaty talks	Kate Sheppard	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Taking steps to combat global climate change can produce big economic benefits for countries, and it's time for the United States to reengage in international talks for setting specific goals for carbon emissions cuts. That's the message Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen brought to New York this week, part of his campaign to build momentum for negotiating a new climate treaty to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol -- talks currently scheduled to take p ...
Topics: IPCC, greenhouse-gas emissions, climate, Denmark, politics, news, Muckraker, interview, video (all these topics)

Wikigreenia An interview with Wikia's Jimmy Wales about his new green venture	Sara Barz	19 Sep 2008	Grist Feature
Jimmy Wales. Jimmy Wales, best known as a cofounder of Wikipedia, is now channeling some of his energy and ambition into the environmental realm, aiming to build "the world's handbook for going green." Wikia, Inc., Wales' for-profit company (not to be confused with Wikipedia, a project of the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation), announced this month that it's launching Wikia Green, w ...
Topics: green living, interview, tech, websites (all these topics)

From Dog Bowl to Dinner Plate An interview with author and nutritionist Marion Nestle	Michelle Nijhuis	19 Sep 2008	Grist Feature
The contents of your dog's bowl -- kibble, kibble, more kibble -- may not look that interesting, but to nutritionist Marion Nestle, they're nothing less than a microcosm of the global food system. In her new book Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine, Nestle (pronounced NES-uhl, no relation to the multinational) investigates the 2007 pet-food contamination scandal, at ...
Topics: books, China, food, interview (all these topics)

Slow Food Nation interview: Deborah Koons Garcia Future of Food director on 'making soil sexy'	Tom Philpott	16 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia burst onto the sustainable-food scene with her 2004 documentary the Future of Food, a biting, well-researched indictment of Monsanto and genetically modified food. I caught up with her at Slow Food Nation to discuss her current project, a documentary about a topic dear to my heart: soil. You can watch Koons Garcia's documentary online for free after the jump...The film is courtesy Snagfilms.com:
Topics: events, food, interview, slow food, sustainable ag, video (all these topics)

Slow Food Nation interview: Anna Lapp� Why climate change may have more to do with your shopping cart than your car	Tom Philpott	15 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Anna Lapp� might be called a green-diaper baby. Her mother, Frances Moore Lapp�, brought out the seminal Diet for a Small Planet back in 1971, and has been agitating forcefully for a just, sustainable food system ever since. Her father, the toxicologist Marc Lapp�, was an early, important, and persistent critic of the agrichemical industry. Anna has emerged in her own right as a leading voice in the sustainable food movement. In her work, she focuses not only on ...
Topics: agriculture, events, food, greenhouse-gas emissions, interview, slow food, video (all these topics)

'Potentially causing some of the changes' Palin parries with Charles Gibson on climate change	David Roberts	12 Sep 2008	Gristmill
'Show me where I have ever said that there's absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect, or no effect, on climate change.' Photo: Trica Ward In her first substantial interview with a news journalist since being picked as John McCain's vice presidential candidate two weeks ago, Sarah Palin muted her skepticism about the causes of global warming, grudgingly "attributing some of man's activities to potential ...
Topics: climate, interview, politics, Sarah Palin, video (all these topics)

Barr on the Record An interview with Bob Barr about his presidential platform on energy and the environment	Kate Sheppard	09 Sep 2008	Grist Feature
Bob Barr. Photo: Bob Barr for President In July, Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate for president, attended a big climate-change speech by Al Gore and found himself being praised by the former vice president for paying serious attention to the issue. After the speech, Barr issued a statement commending Gore for his "efforts and leadership" on global ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, interview, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Slow Food Nation interview: Eric Schlosser Fast Food Nation author says the sustainable food movement should consider labor	Tom Philpott	09 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Few Grist readers need an introduction to Eric Schlosser. His 2001 book, Fast Food Nation, helped galvanize interest in the politics and ecology of food production. Since that time, he's used his increasingly high profile to illuminate one of the most shadowy crannies of the food system -- working conditions in the vast monocropped fields where most of our fruits and vegetables grow. In this short interview recorded last week at Slow Food Nation, Schlosser talks abou ...
Topics: interview, events, food, slow food, agriculture, video (all these topics)

Slow Food Nation interview: Raj Patel Stuffed and Starved author on the myth of consumer choice	Tom Philpott	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Raj Patel, author of the searing book Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, is one of the most trenchant critics of industrial food.According to Patel, one billion people in the world don't have enough to eat, while another billion suffer from the consequences of too many low-quality calories. The phenomena are the result of a food system rigged to work for a few multinational corporations.In the video interview below, Patel talks about the d ...
Topics: agriculture, events, food, interview, San Francisco, slow food, video (all these topics)

Slow Food Nation interview: Dan Barber New York chef urges people to get back in the kitchen	Tom Philpott	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Dan Barber is one of the most highly regarded chefs in the United States. Back in the late 1990s, his small Manhattan restaurant Blue Hill got lots of buzz for Dan's innovative cooking.�But even while he was dazzling diners with his technique, Dan was already haunting Manhattan's Union Square Greenmarket for ingredients, before many New York chefs bothered. He was also bringing in produce from his family's farm in the Berkshires. In 2004, Dan launched what must be any i ...
Topics: agriculture, events, food, interview, San Francisco, slow food, video (all these topics)

'Every other climate that has been warmed had better grapes' Stunning interview with incoherent GOP denier running for Congress	Joseph Romm	04 Sep 2008	Gristmill
My brother Dave lives in Minneapolis and has been interviewing RNC delegates. Here is Barb Davis White in her own words (audio stream here): White: My name is Barb Davis White and I'm running for the 5th Congressional District against Keith Ellison for the United States House of Representatives, which is called Congress. Romm: Where are you on global warming? White: Well, global warming really has not been proven. There are 30,000 scientists, including Al Gore's ...
Topics: climate change skepticism, climate, Minnesota, Congress, elections, politics, interview (all these topics)

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on CNBC's Kudlow & Company McCain's veep pick talks energy, ANWR, and the improbability of being tapped for VP	Sara Barz	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
During a June 25, 2008, appearance on CNBC's Kudlow & Company, Sarah Palin said, "Sen. McCain is wrong" on the issue of oil drilling. �She said, "I think he's going to evolve into eventually supporting ANWR opening also ...� I'd like the opportunity to change his mind about ANWR."� She was also asked about the possibility of being chosen as McCain's running mate and said, "it's really probably out of the realm of possibility to be tapped ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, elections, energy, interview, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin, video (all these topics)

On your Mark Mark Warner talks to Grist about his energy vision and upcoming keynote address	Kate Sheppard	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Mark Warner. Photo: John Rohrbach 'I'm a big believer that to get the American people to agree on transformative change, you've got to show bipartisan support,' Virginia Democratic Senate candidate Mark Warner tells Grist. 'And I think if we're really going to get the change in the energy field, it's going to take that.' Warner, the former governor of Virgina and current candidate in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. John Warner (no relation), ...
Topics: Democratic National Convention, elections, interview, Muckraker, politics, US Senate, Virginia (all these topics)

McKinney on the Record Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney talks to Grist	Kate Sheppard	22 Aug 2008	Grist Feature
Cynthia McKinney. Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney sums up her energy policy with a simple, memorable rhyme: "Leave the oil in the soil." "Right now we've got two energy policies in this country," McKinney told Grist. "One is war, the other is drilling. And neither one of them works." It's a message she hopes will win over vot ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, interview, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Barren Spring Author Claire Hope Cummings dishes the dirt on genetically modified food	Bonnie Azab Powell	01 Aug 2008	Grist Feature
One of the most encouraging things about the sustainable-food movement is how effortlessly it crosses traditional political-party, religious, ethnic, and other lines. The right to good, clean, and fair food, to borrow Slow Food's shorthand, seems to unite people who'd never otherwise find themselves chatting at the same party: Home schoolers and dreadlocked hippies, libertaria ...
Topics: agriculture, books, food, GMOs, interview (all these topics)

Granite State rematch Grist talks to New Hampshire Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen	Kate Sheppard	31 Jul 2008	Gristmill
'We can't depend just on oil,' says Democratic Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen. 'I think people want choices. They understand that we've got to address this issue and they want some leadership to get it done.' Shaheen is taking a second shot at beating New Hampshire's first-term Sen. John Sununu, a Republican with a mediocre record on environmental issues who has been part of the push for more drilling. The League of Conservation Voters put Sununu on its 'Dirty ...
Topics: elections, interview, Muckraker, New Hampshire, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Climate gets religion Richard Cizik and enviro religious leaders speak to Grist on climate leadership	Sara Barz	30 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Evangelicals have been absent without leave from the climate change discussion, failing to push the Republican Party to take the issue seriously, according to Richard Cizik, the vice president for governmental affairs at the National Association of Evangelicals. Evangelicals, Cizik said, are looking for 'prophetic leadership' to champion the climate cause. Surprisingly, he said that voice may not come from traditional conservative circles. 'The advantage that Bara ...
Topics: climate, interview, presidential race 08, religion and spirituality, video (all these topics)

What about Bob? Sen. Robert Menendez chats with Grist about climate legislation	Kate Sheppard	25 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Robert Menendez. In the Senate debate over the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act last month, Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) stood out as one of the most vocal advocates for making polluters pay to emit greenhouse gases rather than giving them free carbon credits. He also spoke up about the need to spend more on clean technology and help developing countries adapt to climate shifts. Menendez floated a handful of proposed amendments to the climate le ...
Topics: climate, Congress, energy, interview, legislation, Muckraker, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Van Jones rallies the netroots Green jobs advocate calls on web activists to lead the call for a new, green economy	Kate Sheppard	20 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Van Jones. Van Jones delivered the final keynote address at Netroots Nation today, stopping in Austin to talk about green jobs and the political prospects for addressing both the energy and climate woes of the country. The message from the netroots, he said, should be clear: 'We cannot drill and burn our way out of this problem. If we do, we will burn this planet.' 'We can say no, we're not going to drill and burn out way out. We're going to invent and i ...
Topics: green jobs, interview, Muckraker, news, politics, Van Jones (all these topics)

Netroots on climate and energy Grist/ReGeneration.org talks to bloggers about how to address the climate and energy challenge	Kate Sheppard	19 Jul 2008	Gristmill
A few more blogger-on-the-street interviews from Netroots Nation. Here's blogger Liane Allen, who writes at DailyKos and Green Mountain Daily, on climate, energy, and the netroots: Here's blogger Natasha Chart, who writes at Pacific View: Here's Gus Ayer of California: And Ilyse Hogue of MoveOn.org, who also blogs at Huffington Post:
Topics: climate, interview, politics, video (all these topics)

'The most important public policy issue we will face in this generation' Lessig and Netroots folks on climate change	Kate Sheppard	19 Jul 2008	Gristmill
We're still here at Netroots Nation in Austin, Texas, where Stanford Law School professor and internet guru Lawrence Lessig just noted that climate change is the 'most important public policy issue we will face in this generation.' He also talked up Al Gore, referring to himself as a 'Gore-ophile.' Lessig recently launched Change Congress, which he aims to develop into a website that can provide technological tools for voters to hold their representatives accountabl ...
Topics: climate, interview, politics, video (all these topics)

Purple America U.S. Senate candidate Jim Slattery discusses energy and environment for rural voters	Kate Sheppard	18 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Jim Slattery, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas, dropped by Netroots Nation this morning to talk about how progressives can make inroads in the heartland. His panel, 'Rural America and the Progressive Movement,' took a look at some of the reasons rural voters shouldn't be written off as red. Energy and environment were two key issues the panel discussed, noting that higher gas prices and environmental degradation hit rural Americans the hardest. Listen Ka ...
Topics: elections, interview, Kansas, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

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