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Moyers talks to Boxer	David Roberts	28 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Wow, you kinda forget what good TV journalism looks like until you watch Bill Moyers. He makes the cable babblers look like children. Don't miss Moyers interviewing Barbara Boxer on the flame-out of the Climate Security Act. She's really quite good on this, but in the end, as much as I kind of regret saying it, I'm just not sure she has the centrist credibility to sell this program. It's not fair, but optics are optics, and D.C. is a shallow, silly place.
Topics: Barbara Boxer, legislation, politics, TV (all these topics)

Notable quotable Fox News anchor calls for assassination of Barack Obama	David Roberts	26 May 2008	Gristmill
"... and now we have what ... uh...some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama ... uh ... um ... Obama [after being prompted by the FNC anchor] ... well both if we could [laughing] ..." -- Fox News anchor Liz Trotta, commenting on Hillary Clinton's invocation of Robert Kennedy's 1968 assassination Contact FOX: Teri Everett, Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs & Communications Phone: 212-852-7070 E-Mai ...
Topics: Barack Obama, insanity, politics, presidential race 08, quotables, TV (all these topics)

Rep. Bartlett hits House on renewables -- and I don't mean Gregory House Time to focus on tax credits, not Lieberman-Warner	Joseph Romm	21 May 2008	Gristmill
I love House. Not the House of Representatives, but the TV show. Everybody loves to see people with seemingly inexplicable symptoms saved from sure death. No doubt that explains the fascination with the Lieberman-Warner bill. But people ... I've been trying to be gentle about this ... it's dead. Sure, like Amber on the season finale [spoiler alert!] L-W can be briefly revived so we can say goodbye to it forever, but that is really just a soap opera gimmick. We do ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, politics, TV, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

War and Peeves U.S. fails to be climate leader because of war, says Obama		09 May 2008	News
Posted at 7:53 AM on 09 May 2008 The war in Iraq is one reason the U.S. is such an environmental laggard, Barack Obama said in a CNN interview Thursday. "I think the way we have run this war in Iraq has ... led us to ignore the critical needs for us to focus on a sound energy policy in this country," Obama told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "It has left us unable to lead on critical global issues like global warming. ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08, TV (all these topics)

Jay Leno Earth Day videos	David Roberts	24 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Because I'm a video hu-a and will basically embed anything anybody sends me, I give you this from NBC:
Topics: climate, energy at home, funnies, green living, holiday, politics, TV (all these topics)

Nancy + Newt sittin' on a couch ... Pelosi and Gingrich unite for climate protection	Sarah van Schagen	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
... T-A-L-K-I-N-G about climate change in a new TV spot for the me We Can Solve It campaign. Check it out:
Topics: climate, environmental movement, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, politics, TV (all these topics)

Watch the farce	David Roberts	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Connaughton is on CSPAN right now -- the amount of BS flying around honestly defies belief.
Topics: politics, shenanigans, TV (all these topics)

Candidates on climate change as moral issue Clinton & Obama to be queried on CNN tonight at 8pm EST on climate	Erik Hoffner	13 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Dem hopefuls Clinton and Obama will participate live tonight in The Compassion Forum, a discussion of "pressing moral issues that bridge ideological divides" including poverty, AIDS, Darfur, human rights, torture, and ... drumroll please ... climate change. The pair will field questions from CNN and Newsweek talking heads as well as from members of the faith community. The Rev Sally Bingham, of the very cool Interfaith Power and Light Campaign will be asking ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08, religion and spirituality, TV (all these topics)

Value Advertised Gore-y climate ads are coming soon to a TV near you		01 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 1:11 PM on 01 Apr 2008 While it is not true that Al Gore is running for president (honestly, how do these rumors get started?), it is true that his Alliance for Climate Protection has officially launched a new "we" campaign. The ad campaign aims to spend $300 million over three years to create a sense of both urgency and solvability around the climate crisis. The first ad hits TVs on Wednesday, likening the ...
Topics: advertising, Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, messaging, news, politics, TV (all these topics)

Al Gore's got some big bucks Thoughts on the newly announced 'we' campaign	Jon Rynn	01 Apr 2008	Gristmill
So Al Gore announced a $300 million 3-year effort 'aimed at mobilizing Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.' My question is, wouldn't it be better to spend that money on building grassroots organizations pushing for climate change legislation instead of spending it mostly, I presume, on advertising? If $100 million was spent each year on grassroots organizations in 30 major cities, that would work out to $3 million per each major metr ...
Topics: environmental movement, celebrity, business, politics, TV, Al Gore (all these topics)

Urgency and solvability: The "we" campaign Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection unveils ambitious $300 million ad campaign	David Roberts	31 Mar 2008	Gristmill
If you read Juliet Eilperin's great rundown in the Washington Post, you know that today marks the launch of a massive PR effort from Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection. Gore has concluded that U.S. politicians will continue to be timid on climate change until the public demands otherwise. "The simple algorithm is this: It's important to change the light bulbs, but it's much more important to change the laws," he said. "The options available to ...
Topics: Al Gore, business, celebrity, climate, environmental movement, messaging, politics, TV (all these topics)

Nader on Stewart	David Roberts	05 Mar 2008	Gristmill
I missed this when it happened, but here's Ralph Nader on the Daily Show:
Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08, Ralph Nader, TV (all these topics)

Tina Fey: 'Bitch is the new black'	David Roberts	01 Mar 2008	Gristmill
If you watch to the end of this, you'll find a spirited defense of Hillary Clinton. I was recently scolded for only posting Obama videos, but the thing is, all the interesting/funny videos this campaign have been from Obama supporters. I'm glad Tina Fey (who I worship) helped me balance the scales. Now, somebody send me a decent McCain video and I'll post it! Here's Fey:
Topics: celebrity, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08, TV (all these topics)

Idiot protest or brilliant parody?	David Roberts	01 Feb 2008	Gristmill
I got a strange PR release today that sent me to this. I've read it over pretty closely and I still can't tell whether it's intended to be parody. If it is parody, it's quite clever -- really nails the self-righteousness arms race underway in the eat-your-own faction of the green movement. If it is serious, it may rank as the stupidest environmental protest ever, and that is against some fairly stiff competition.
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, TV (all these topics)

Huckabee on Colbert	David Roberts	11 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Bit of a dodge on global warming, no?
Topics: climate, elections, funnies, politics, presidential race 08, TV (all these topics)

Truthiness in '08 Colbert announces candidacy	Sarah van Schagen	19 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Alright, the Jake in '08 thing might have been a joke, but this is one serious candidate:
Topics: elections, funnies, politics, presidential race 08, TV (all these topics)

Channel surfing summary One show for dumb guys and one for smart guys	biodiversivist	23 Sep 2007	Gristmill
I channel surf (I'm a guy). I find something of interest and as soon as a commercial hits, I move on. I landed on Keith Olbermann's show, Countdown, just as he was launching into Bush. I sat there shaking my head in awe. When Olbermann lets loose, he is intelligent, courageous, and articulate -- the polar opposite of Glenn Beck, the smarmy bobblehead clown who also has a show that attempts to mix humor with news. One show is funny, the other comical. There's a differe ...
Topics: politics, TV (all these topics)

Romm on the policy and politics of global warming Watch him on 'OnPoint'	Sean Casten	08 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Very good piece here from E&ETV ($ub req'd). Worth the time to watch. Description:CAP's Joseph Romm calls conservatives 'deniers and delayers' on warming policy Author and Center for American Progress senior fellow Joseph Romm says if aggressive action on climate change is not taken soon, the effects on the planet will be dire. In his new book, Hell and High Water: Global Warming -- the Solution and the Politics -- and What We Should Do, Romm explains why he think ...
Topics: climate, politics, TV (all these topics)

Conservatives don't know Jack They don't get that climate is a security issue	Joseph Romm	09 May 2007	Gristmill
'The Democrats' Global War on Weather' and 'Jack Bauer, Climatologist???' are the headlines conservatives are using to mock efforts by progressives to finance a National Intelligence Estimate to study global warming. But climate is clearly a national security threat, as made clear in a recent CNA report from a distinguished group of former military leaders (PDF). As but one example, a 'ferocious drought and famine' were the driving forces behind the crisis in Darfur, ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, green living, politics, TV (all these topics)

The Rocky chronicles SLC mayor takes on O'Reilly	Kate Sheppard	27 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Our collective BFF Rocky Anderson takes on Bill O'Reilly (not eco-related necessarily, but funny): Demonstrating that, alarmingly, liberals aren't actually all that kooky. Or irrational. Shocking. (h/t: News Hounds)
Topics: green living, insanity, politics, TV, Utah (all these topics)

Have Some Class: MIT wins mtvU's eco-challenge Angels and Airwaves to perform on campus this Sunday	Sarah van Schagen	18 Apr 2007	Gristmill
In the interest of keeping you informed, I offer the final chapter in the mtvU GE Ecomagination Challenge. As you may (or may not) recall, students were asked to propose projects that would green their respective campuses. Out of more than 100 entries, 10 finalists were chosen, and then you voted to help pick the winner (you did vote, didn't you?).Well, the results are in, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Biodiesel@MIT project has won a $25,000 grant and ...
Topics: biofuels, campus activism, celebrity, energy, green living, politics, TV (all these topics)

Wednesday must-see TV Gore and Inhofe, mano-a-wacko	Adam Browning	19 Mar 2007	Gristmill
If you thought today's fireworks were entertaining, wait for Wednesday. Gore will address the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Gore and Inhofe, mano-a-mano. Or, more accurately, mano-a-wacko. Pass the popcorn.
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Inhofe, politics, TV (all these topics)

Peak oil and politics	John McGrath	03 Aug 2006	Gristmill
Last week the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ran part one of a two-part series on how Cuba survived without oil after the fall of the Soviet Union. (Not technically true -- there was oil, just far too little of it.) The next part runs this Sunday and has to do with the redefinition of Cuban medicine in the post-oil world. It's all very fascinating, and it's produced by one of our national treasures, David Suzuki.But it's had me thinking once more about the likely res ...
Topics: Cuba, David Suzuki, oil, politics, Russia, TV, United States (all these topics)

Now Hear This Bill Moyers speaks his mind on Bush-brand environmental destruction and more	Amanda Griscom	26 Aug 2003	Main Dish
Bill Moyers is best known as the broadcast journalist who, for more than 20 years, has brought the public frank, soul-searching, and sometimes frightening examinations of -- well, of almost everything under the sun. On air, he's equally comfortable discussing politics or poetry, scriptures or science. Bill Moyers isn't pulling punches. Photo: PBS. Born in Oklahoma in 1934 and ...
Topics: climate, politics, TV (all these topics)

Whitman Sampler Enviros look on warily as Bush's EPA head chooses staff	Ben White	07 Feb 2001	Muckraker
Muckraker hears from a reliable and informed source that Linda Fisher, EPA assistant administrator for toxics and pesticides under Bush the Elder, will return to the agency to serve as Christine Todd Whitman's number two. The source described the Fisher appointment as close to a done deal, a fact that did not sit altogether well with enviros working on the genetically engineered foods issue. After ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, TV, US EPA (all these topics)

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