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World Government Blvd. Turns out that NAFTA superhighway is superfictitious	David Roberts	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Last year I caught wind of concern on the far right about a "NAFTA Superhighway," an (alleged) gargantuan new road, four football fields wide, that would plow straight up through the country from the Mexican border, through Texas, through Minnesota, all the way up into Canada. Foreigners would own parts of it! The World Bank would settle disputes about its use! The last one out, take down the flag! Today in The Nation, the inimitable Chris Hayes takes a long ...
Topics: international politics, messaging, politics (all these topics)

Iraq and electricity again Micropower is smarter military strategy	David Roberts	08 Aug 2007	Gristmill
This post from Tom Grant at his excellent blog Arms & Influence reinforces the point I (channeling Amory Lovins) made in this post, namely: The centralized power grid in Iraq is intrinsically vulnerable to terrorist attack, thereby crippling our efforts to create some measure of security and civil society. Our determination to rebuild it, rather than assisting the development of a decentralized micropower grid, is driven by corporatism rather than clear-eyed stra ...
Topics: electricity grid, international politics, Iraq, politics (all these topics)

Irony alert Honk if you think I'm a giant asshole	Kate Sheppard	08 Aug 2007	Gristmill
New specialty license plate option being offered in Oklahoma: 'For Sooners looking to show their terror-fighting pride while tearing up the asphalt,' writes one USA Today blogger. (h/t: TP)
Topics: cars, international politics, Oklahoma, politics (all these topics)

Biofuels fueling conflict The need for good research	Geoff Dabelko	07 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The rush to put biofuels in our gas tanks has given people analyzing natural resources and conflict some work to do. How are European and American policy mandates to dramatically increase the use of biofuels affecting the places that grow biofuel inputs? It seems fair to say that little consideration has been given to the potential conflict and equity impacts of this surge in demand for palm oil, sugarcane, and corn. After President Bush's 2007 State of the Union ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, energy, Indonesia, international politics, politics (all these topics)

YearlyKos: My message to the netroots Listen up	David Roberts	06 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I thought, as a final post on Yearly Kos (about which I fear my posts are woefully inadequate -- it really was a fascinating sociopolitical event, worthy of better analysis than I'm able to give it -- read Ezra Klein's wrap-up), I'd recap in somewhat more elaborate terms what I said at my global warming panel. These are points that will be familiar to Grist readers, but perhaps it's worth bringing them together. A note: these were explicitly conceived as messages to th ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, international politics, politics (all these topics)

It's time to cut the bait Too many boats are fishing for too few fish	Andrew Sharpless	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Here's a remarkable fact: Global fishery collapse is financed with tax money. You already know that many nations are failing to enforce the laws that are essential to keeping our oceans healthy and abundant forever. Instead, they are presiding over a global ocean collapse. According to a report in Science, 29 percent of the world's commercial fisheries have already collapsed. This is terrible news for the billion people who turn to the ocean for protein, th ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, politics (all these topics)

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: climate, international politics, politics (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)

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