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Cheney, Johnson, and CO2	Erik Hoffner	30 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Since folks are calling for EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to resign, it's perhaps time to reveal exactly why he has been such a stick in the mud on CO2. Full hilarious details are now available, from satirist Harry Shearer's July 13 edition of Le Show: Listen to 'Dick Cheney Confidential,' minute 25:30. Very enlightening.
Topics: funnies, politics, radio, Stephen Johnson, US EPA (all these topics)

Offshore thing McCain compares Obama to Britney and Paris in new energy ad	Kate Sheppard	30 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In the ongoing energy ad battle, John McCain released another television ad today on the subject. Or at least it purports to be about energy. The ad juxtaposes video of Obama at his recent speech in Berlin with photos of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, and alleges that while he might be celebrated the world over, he's not ready to lead on energy concerns. 'He's the biggest celebrity in the world. But is he ready to lead?' the ad asks. 'With gas prices soaring, Ba ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Pump up the volume Obama responds to McCain's 'Pump' ad with call for higher mileage standards and renewables	Kate Sheppard	30 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama released a new television ad on energy prices yesterday -- a direct response to John McCain's recent ad blaming Obama for high gas prices. 'Have you seen John McCain's TV ad?' the Obama ad asks. 'John McCain is blaming Barack Obama for gas prices. The same old politics.' 'Barack Obama thinks high gas prices deserve serious answers, and a serious plan: Crack down on oil speculators, raise mileage standards, and f ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

This is Not a Testimony Four senators call for perjury investigation of EPA chief's testimony		30 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 8:32 AM on 30 Jul 2008 Four senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee have called for the resignation of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and have asked the U.S. attorney general to investigate whether Johnson lied to Congress in a hearing about California's greenhouse-gas emissions waiver. In a letter to the attorney general, the senators wrote, "[W]e believe that there is ...
Topics: climate, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Chomping at the drill bit The offshore drilling hoax, part 2	Joseph Romm	29 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In part 1 we saw that lifting the moratorium on coastal drilling can't possibly reduce gasoline prices. After all, two years ago, we opened most of the Gulf of Mexico -- with its estimated 41 billion barrels of oil -- and oil prices then doubled. The remaining prohibited coastal areas have only 18 billion barrels, of which 10 billion is off of California and likely to be blocked by the state. Another four of the 18 billion is in the Eastern Gulf off of Florida, which ...
Topics: Congress, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Fred Krupp's response EDF prez says we can't afford to wait for the ideal first step	Guest author	29 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Fred Krupp This is a guest post from Fred Krupp, head of Environmental Defense Fund. It is a response to this post. ----- Ken Ward tracks the evolution of EDF's position on climate legislation in search of evidence that we've relented on tough global warming pollution limits since making climate change a top priority more than ten years ago. He sees our support of the Climate Security Act as a retreat from bold action, as surrender to what's merely possible i ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Environmental Defense Fund, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Short-term, yes; solution, no Gas tax revenue falling, feds seek to raid mass transit budget to pay for highways	Adam Stein	29 Jul 2008	Gristmill
From The New York Times: Gasoline tax revenue is falling so fast that the federal government may not be able to meet its commitments to states for road projects already under way, the secretary of transportation said Monday. The secretary, Mary E. Peters, said the short-term solution would be for the Highway Trust Fund's highway account to borrow money from the fund's mass transit account, a step that would balance the accounts as highway travel declines and use of ...
Topics: fossil fuels, gas prices, politics, public transportation, taxes (all these topics)

What's in a name? Big Oil tries to hide behind an acronym	Miles Grant	29 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Ever watch the cable news networks during the afternoon? You're bombarded with issue ad after issue ad. Well, imagine that every TV and radio station was like that 24 hours a day. That's local media here in D.C. And since the climate and energy debate began in earnest on Capitol Hill last summer, it seems like you can't get through one commercial break without hearing GM or Big Oil explain how they don't need big government telling them what to do (unless, of course, big ...
Topics: advertising, Big Oil, oil, politics, Washington DC (all these topics)

Lyin' and Stevens Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens indicted on corruption charges		29 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 10:23 AM on 29 Jul 2008 Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, has been indicted on seven charges related to a corruption probe involving oil-services company VECO. Check out our past coverage of the Stevens scandal. From the Archives Coy Story. EPA staffers told not to talk to media, inspector general, or anyone else. Are You Just Toying With Us? Congress ...
Topics: Alaska, news, politics, Ted Stevens (all these topics)

Coy Story EPA staffers told not to talk to media, inspector general, or anyone else		29 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 8:12 AM on 29 Jul 2008 Staffers at the U.S. EPA's office of enforcement were instructed recently not to talk to anyone from the media, the Government Accountability Office, or the EPA's own inspector general's office in an email from a top EPA official. "If you are contacted directly by the IG's office or GAO requesting information of any kind ... please do not respond to questions or make any sta ...
Topics: dumbassery , news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Deadlock, stock, and oil barrel Congress hopes to break energy deadlock before August recess -- but don't hold your breath	Kate Sheppard	29 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Members of Congress are desperate to pass anything something on energy this week before August recess begins on Friday and they head home to face voters restive over gas prices. But Democrats and Republicans are so bitterly divided over what to do that prospects for progress look uncertain at best. Democrats in both branches of Congress are hoping to pass bills to curb speculation in the oil-futures market and release some oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reser ...
Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

'Rolling in it' Sierra Club ads defend Dems who are 'standing strong against Big Oil'	Kate Sheppard	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Sierra Club rolled out a new radio ad campaign this weekend that aims to defend Democrats who are being hammered for not supporting efforts to open more areas to oil drilling. Sixty-second ads being aired in six states ask listeners to call and thank these members of Congress for 'standing up to the oil companies': Reps. Chris Carney (D-Pa.), Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.), Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.), and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), and Se ...
Topics: advertising, Big Oil, energy, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Energy-smart Debbie	David Roberts	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
One of the more impressive speakers I saw at Netroots Nation was Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook, who spoke on the Energize America panel with an amazing depth of knowledge and blunt honesty. She's running this year against the far-right Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.). TPM caught up with her for a brief interview:
Topics: California, elections, energy, politics, video (all these topics)

Breakfast with Bingaman Sen. Bingaman talks climate and energy with reporters	Kate Sheppard	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
'Getting a cap-and-trade program enacted is going to be a heavy lift,' Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) told a group of reporters over breakfast this morning. Bingaman, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke today about the challenges and opportunities in both climate and energy legislation, stressing that while he doesn't 'despair of it,' addressing those concerns will be a 'substantial challenge for the next president' and Congress. Bi ...
Topics: climate, Congress, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

More choices for a healthy economy An effective political response to the Republican push for drilling	David Roberts	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Following up on this and this: The Democrats need an effective response to the drill-and-burn message coming out of the GOP. It's a fight the right thinks it's winning and Dems think they're losing. Problem is, that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; Dems get intimidated into hedging and equivocating, while the right pounds home a consistent, clear message: drill here, drill now, pay less. First off, Dems need to remember that the public trusts them over Republi ...
Topics: economy, elections, energy, fossil fuels, gas prices, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

'I don't think those things are going to get very far' McCain adviser Forbes suggests candidate will dump cap-and-trade plan	Kate Sheppard	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Steve Forbes, who serves as an economic adviser to John McCain, suggested on The Glenn Beck Program last week that he expected the Republican presidential candidate to abandon his call for a cap-and-trade system to regulate emissions once he takes office: I think cap and trade is going to go the way of some other things. As you may remember, when he came into office, Bill Clinton had a proposal of tax carbons and stuff like that. I don't think those things are going ...
Topics: climate, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

A coffer they can't refuse McCain's switch on offshore drilling brings him big money from Big Oil	Kate Sheppard	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
While the drumbeat for more domestic drilling is unlikely to get additional oil flowing anytime soon, it has increased the flow of cash to GOP presidential candidate John McCain. McCain changed his position on offshore drilling last month, calling for coastal areas to be opened to exploration, and since then he has been campaigning hard on the issue. According to The Washington Post, McCain's shift has proven lucrative: Campaign contributions from oil industry ...
Topics: Big Oil, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Where the Sidewalk Ends Driving cutback in U.S. bankrupting fund for infrastructure improvements		28 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:51 AM on 28 Jul 2008 High gasoline prices in the United States have prompted a sustained cutback in driving, and the resulting dip in revenue from the federal gas tax is already canceling plans for infrastructure projects due to lack of funding. Right now, roughly one-quarter of bridges in the U.S. are either "functionally obsolete" or "structurally deficient," and on ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Bush's puppets EPA administrator Stephen Johnson neglects his federal oath	Joseph Romm	26 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- Some of us had high hopes for Stephen Johnson when President Bush appointed him in March 2005 as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Johnson was not a former oil-industry lobbyist or Halliburton executive. He was a career civil servant who had been with the federal government for 24 years. He was a scientist, not a ...
Topics: California, Department of Interior, George Bush, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

The Hunter is a lonely heart Former GOP prez candidate left up the creek without a wildebeest	Kate Sheppard	25 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), one-time contender for the Republican presidential nomination, had the best of intentions for a trip to Africa. Having heard that there are 230,000 hungry refugees from Darfur currently residing in Chad, Hunter's staffers called the country's embassy and proposed that their boss come hunt wildebeest and distribute the meat to refugees. Photo: Chris Eason Problem? There aren't any wildebeest in Chad. And even if there w ...
Topics: Congress, Muckraker, national parks, news, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Never let your enemy choose the battlefied The crucial mistake Dems made in the energy fight	David Roberts	25 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Following up on this -- I think the Democrats have made a specific and costly error. Consider the following Republican argument: Americans are hurting from high gasoline prices; politicians must act. Therefore, it's the responsibility of Congress to lower gasoline prices. Therefore, we must open up new areas to oil drilling. Democrats have accepted No. 2, but they're trying to fight off No. 3. They're arguing that we can bring down gas prices by drilling ...
Topics: Congress, energy, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Obama in Berlin Dem presidential candidate calls on world to unite to fight climate change	David Roberts	25 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Obama spoke at the Brandenburg Gate yesterday; 100,000 people were expected, 200,000 showed up. This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. Let us resolve that all nations -- including my own -- will act with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce the carbon we send into our atmosphe ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate change mitigation, elections, Germany, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Meet the Bloggers Got a question for Majority Leader Harry Reid?	Kate Sheppard	25 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Brave New Films is starting a web series called 'Meet the Bloggers,' where Internet commentators get to ask questions of political types. It's like 'Meet the Press,' but with better questions from folks who spend all day in the weeds on this stuff. The series launched last week, and today's episode features Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) being questioned by bloggers Kevin Grandia of DeSmogBlog, Nico Pitney of The Huffington Post, and Matt Stoller of Open ...
Topics: Muckraker, multimedia, news, politics, 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)

Clear and present endangerment Republicans block subpoena of EPA climate document, while Boxer releases choice excerpts	Kate Sheppard	24 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has been foiled in her attempt to obtain and make public a U.S. EPA document on the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases, thanks to Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee that she chairs. The document in question is an endangerment finding that the White House refused to accept when the EPA emailed it to the Office of Management and Budget in December 2007. EPA staffers have said that their findings -- that ...
Topics: climate, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

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