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You Really Can't Have Too Many Meetings U.S. will host climate meeting of world's largest emitters		26 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 2:06 PM on 26 Sep 2007 Representatives from the world's 17 largest greenhouse-gas emitters will gather tomorrow in the good ol' U.S. of A. for a climate-change discussion. (And yes, the U.N. just had one of those -- President Bush played hooky.) The group, which includes China, India, and Brazil, will be convened by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Bush will address them on Frida ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Connecting the DOT DOT officials lobbied against California's vehicle-emission standards, Waxman says		25 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:23 AM on 25 Sep 2007 According to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the Bush administration has been quietly lobbying members of Congress and state governors to oppose California's strict greenhouse-gas emissions rules for cars. In December 2005, the state submitted a request to the U.S. EPA for a waiver it needs to implement ...
Topics: California, Department of Transportation, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

The Anarchist Cookbook, Vegan Edition Mistrial declared for eco-activist accused of inciting vegans to bomb		21 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 5:37 AM on 21 Sep 2007 A mistrial has been declared in the case of an eco-activist in California who was charged under an obscure, seldom-used federal law making it a crime to tell others how to make explosives with the intent of encouraging a lawless act. In 2003, Rodney Coronado, who had served some four years in prison for burning down a mink research facility at Michigan Sta ...
Topics: eco-terrorism, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Congress Sees the Lighting on the Wall Bill to phase out incandescent light bulbs gains steam in U.S. Congress		13 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:19 AM on 13 Sep 2007 Momentum is building in the U.S. Congress for a bill that would require phasing out regular incandescent light bulbs in favor of compact fluorescents and other, more efficient lighting technologies. The bill now in the works would require bulbs to be three times more efficient by 2020 and would require the phase out of 40-, 60-, 75-, and 100-watt incand ...
Topics: energy efficiency, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Put It in Park Donations roll in for national parks' centennial projects		27 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Put It in Park Donations roll in for national parks' centennial projects The 100th anniversary of the National Park Service is a mere nine years away, and donations are rolling in to spruce up parks for the occasion. In a spending bill yet to be approved by Congress, Bush made funds available to match private giving; some $300 million has already been pledged by corporations, nonprofits, and visitors' groups. ...
Topics: national parks, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

My My, Is It 2007 Already? Judge requires feds to submit climate research plan, impact assessment		23 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
My My, Is It 2007 Already? Judge requires feds to submit climate research plan, impact assessment The Bushies are big stinkin' lawbreakers, a federal judge ruled this week. A 1990 federal law requires the U.S. government to provide a scientific report every four years on climate change and its effects on the environment, the economy, and public health, but the Bush administration chose to ignore its 2004 deadline fo ...
Topics: climate, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Fencing Match Mexico may file complaint over U.S. border fence plans		01 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Fencing Match Mexico may file complaint over U.S. border fence plans Mexican environmental officials are the latest to get peeved over the U.S. government's plan to build a 700-mile fence along the countries' shared border. The barrier, intended to stem illegal immigration, would "place at risk the various ecosystems that we share," says Environment Minister Juan Rafael Elvira -- incl ...
Topics: Argentina, Mexico, news, politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Bowled Over Mayors of 29 Great Lakes cities vow to cut water consumption		13 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Bowled Over Mayors of 29 Great Lakes cities vow to cut water consumption What's a Friday without some toilet talk? The mayors of 29 Canadian and U.S. cities in the Great Lakes region have agreed to cut water consumption 15 percent from 2000 levels by 2015, and one of their solutions is banning inefficient potties. "We need provincial legislation about low-flow toi ...
Topics: Canada, local politics, news, politics, United States, urban planning, water crisis (all these topics)

One more truth about China and climate change It's about more than money	Christina Larson	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
It's official. China is now the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases. Having spent much of this spring reporting in China, I'd like to second just about everything David said yesterday on the topic. But I have one ginormous point to add. It's not just money that's needed. Yes, it'd be a good thing if Hill folks stopped bashing technology-exchange programs as lending an 'unfair competitive advantage.' And yes, let's stop painting China as the international ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, United States (all these topics)

Wider, but still paper thin Reality checking the polls	Ken Ward	31 May 2007	Gristmill
Public opinion polls show a significant increase in the number of Americans who support strong climate action. Deeper digging shows this support is superficial, too thin to drive the rapid sociopolitical change now required. For the first time, however, a small, but measurable number of Americans -- probably no more than 3% -- identify climate change as the greatest threat. U.S. environmentalists' carefully buffered climate narrative, calculated to not frighten the m ...
Topics: climate, politics, United States (all these topics)

The responsibility era	David Roberts	20 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The editors of The New Republic make a simple point that can't be made often enough: The conservative notion that reducing GHG emissions in the U.S. is pointless unless China and India do the same is a moral grotesquery. We created the problem. Ethically and geopolitically, we are responsible for leading the way to a solution. Call it "the responsibility era."
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, India, politics, United States (all these topics)

Summary of the IPCC Summary for Policymakers, part III This time, it's personal	Joseph Romm	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
(Continued from parts I and II.) Last but not least (actually, what quite literally hits closest to home!): North America Moderate climate change in the early decades of the century is projected to increase aggregate yields of rain-fed agriculture by 5-20 percent, but with important variability among regions. Warming in Western mountains is projected to cause decreased snowpack, more winter flooding, and reduced summer flows, exacerbating competition for ove ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, IPCC, politics, United States (all these topics)

A Little Light Music U.S., E.U. push phaseout of incandescent bulbs, U.K. gets serious about carbon		14 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
A Little Light Music U.S., E.U. push phaseout of incandescent bulbs, U.K. gets serious about carbon The world is seeing the energy-efficient light: a U.S. coalition including Philips Lighting and the Natural Resources Defense Council will push to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2016. ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Nuclear energy and China's development China got troubles	David Roberts	14 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: Bush's token response to global warming is to argue for clean coal and nuclear power. To the extent he's involved in any international discussion, it's the Pacific pact, a trade deal with these emerging markets for old coal and nuclear technology. TT: Bush jumps in a long list of presidents of both parties who have not been able to deal with the [nuclear] waste issue in any meaningful fashion. And talk about a subsidized industry! Once upon a time we t ...
Topics: books, business, interview, nuclear power, oil, politics, Terry Tamminen, United States (all these topics)

'Hood Intentions LEED is expanding to neighborhoods, and Doug Farr is leading the way	Charles Shaw	12 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Doug Farr was heading into The Grind, a local fair-trade coffee spot in Chicago's swanky Lincoln Square neighborhood, when he ran into Peter Nicholson, the organizer of the city's monthly Green Drinks. The two well-heeled unofficial flag-wavers for the local green scene exchanged enthusiastic greetings, and began discussing the latest goings-on. Doug Farr. "Ugh. I'm really over ...
Topics: Chicago, consumerism, green living, greening biz operations, innovation, placemaking, politics, United States (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)

Walking the Line What Mexican activists can teach the U.S. about poverty and the planet	Oliver Bernstein	07 Mar 2006	Soapbox
As the border organizer for Sierra Club's Environmental Justice program, I bounce back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border supporting grassroots environmental activists. More than the food, language, or currency, the biggest difference from one side to the other is what issues are considered "environmental." Perhaps nowhere else on earth is there such a long borde ...
Topics: environmental justice, health, Mexico, politics, population, Poverty and the Environment, Sierra Club, sprawl, United States, waste, water conflicts (all these topics)

I Will Simply Survive While the wealthy may strive for 'simple living,' the poor try simply surviving	Elizabeth Chin	01 Mar 2006	Soapbox
While the wealthy may strive for "simple living," the poor try simply surviving By Elizabeth Chin 01 Mar 2006 In the early 1990s, I knew a 10-year-old boy named Davy who had never been to Toys "R" Us. When I told his story, people would often respond to this part of his life with a sort of sentimental longing. "How wonderful that he has never been to that awful place," they'd say. Davy's lack of experience, however, was a marker not of his prot ...
Topics: Connecticut, environmental justice, green living, politics, Poverty and the Environment, United States (all these topics)

Might as Well Face It, You're Addicted to Oil In SOTU speech, Bush decries oil addiction, promises half-measures		01 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Might as Well Face It, You're Addicted to Oil In SOTU speech, Bush decries oil addiction, promises half-measures Those expecting bold, groundbreaking environmental policy from President Bush's fifth State of the Union address were, uh, deluded. The big "news" is Bush's stark declaration that "America is addicted to oil." Though he's made remarks about dependence on "foreign oil" in ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, politics, United States (all these topics)

The Sound of One Hand Tapping Greenpeace joins lawsuit against Bush admin's secret wiretap program		19 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
The Sound of One Hand Tapping Greenpeace joins lawsuit against Bush admin's secret wiretap program On Tuesday, a diverse group of individuals and organizations filed suit against the National Security Agency, asking a federal court in Detroit to declare the agency's clandestine domestic eavesdropping program unconstitutional. The plaintiffs -- ranging from Greenpeace to stalwart Iraq war booster Christopher Hitch ...
Topics: Greenpeace, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

No Talk and No Action Why the Montreal climate summit was too painful to watch	Bill McKibben	12 Dec 2005	Soapbox
I've been to climate meetings in locales that stretch from Kyoto to The Hague, Mexico City to the Maldives. It would have been awfully easy to get in the old hybrid and drive two hours north to Montreal for the big climate-change confab that wrapped up this weekend -- if nothing else, it's a city I love deeply. But I couldn't bring myself to do it in the end. I knew it was going to be too ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Canada, climate, politics, United States (all these topics)

Charlie's Angles Prince Charles sends veiled message to White House on climate change		04 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Charlie's Angles Prince Charles sends veiled message to White House on climate change Britain's Prince Charles has made it clear he views global warming as the direst problem facing the world community. The $6 million question has been: Would he say as much to the notoriously intransigent George Bush during a state dinner this week at the White House? You could cut the diplomatic tension with a fine ...
Topics: climate, news, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

And Miles to Go Before I NEPA U.S. government sued over climate impacts of overseas energy projects		25 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
And Miles to Go Before I NEPA U.S. government sued over climate impacts of overseas energy projects U.S. efforts to find fossil-fuel supplies overseas will create significant climate disruption, harming not only people in those countries but folks at home, according to a lawsuit filed against the federal government by a coalition of green groups and U.S. cities. Ranging from Greenpeace to the city of ...
Topics: energy, globalization, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Pact or Fiction? New Asia-Pacific climate pact is long on PR, short on substance	Amanda Griscom Little	04 Aug 2005	Muckraker
Staunch U.S. allies, enviro activists, and just about everyone else was caught flat-footed last week when the U.S., Australia, and four Asian countries unveiled a new pact intended to help curb greenhouse-gas emissions. In the days since, some details about the surprise alliance have trickled out, but its mission and intended impact remain murky. Known as the Asia-Pacific Par ...
Topics: Asia, Australia, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international treaties, Muckraker, politics, United States (all these topics)

On the Gutting-Room Floor Clean-energy measures dropped as Congress reaches energy-bill compromise		26 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
On the Gutting-Room Floor Clean-energy measures dropped as Congress reaches energy-bill compromise Working into the wee hours Tuesday morning, House and Senate negotiators finished crafting a compromise federal energy bill, in the process killing two provisions intended to curb America's fossil-fuel addiction. A Senate measure that would have required the president to find ways to reduce oil use by ...
Topics: energy, news, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

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