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Hide and sneak White House disses Supreme Court, kills $2 trillion savings	Joseph Romm	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The following post is by Earl Killian, guest blogger at Climate Progress. The Wall Street Journal published new material ($ub. req'd) on the White House's emasculation of last year's Supreme Court global warming decision: The court told the EPA that the Clean Air Act requires it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The White House seeks to nullify that decision by stuffing the EPA document down a memory hole and substituting antithetical language. The WSJ has se ...
Topics: greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

Back draft The EPA documents the White House doesn't want you to see	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Brad Johnson over at Wonk Room acquired a copy of the EPA's recommendations on regulating greenhouse-gas emissions that the White House has been trying so hard to hide. The documents give you a good idea why: EPA officials concluded that the benefits of new, tougher standards 'far outweigh their costs.' In fact, if gas prices stay in the range of $3.50 a gallon, 'the net benefit to society could be in excess of $2 trillion' through 2040 if fuel efficiency standard ...
Topics: greenhouse-gas emissions, Muckraker, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

'Often contradictory stances' Mainstream media realizes that McCain's energy rhetoric and record don't match up	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The mainstream media has started to pick up on the fact that John McCain's energy policy is totally inconsistent. Bloomberg: As a senator, John McCain has condemned policies that pick market winners and losers, aiming particular criticism at government ethanol subsidies as a taxpayer rip-off. As a presidential candidate, the Arizona Republican himself is backing specific industries in proposals for relief from high energy prices and foreign oil dependence. ...
Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, mainstream media, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Textbook case New edition of AP American Government book retains false information about climate change	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Back in April, we reported that the American Government textbook in use in classrooms across the country implies that the cause of climate change is in doubt, and that global warming could even be a net benefit for the planet and all who dwell upon it. At the time, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt assured concerned citizens that this was merely a flaw in older editions of the book, and that they 'will be working with the authors to evaluate in detail the criti ...
Topics: books, climate change skepticism, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

In the dumps Mountain advocates and legislators take on mountaintop removal	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The practice of mountaintop removal (MTR) has gotten more attention from environmental and social justice advocates in recent months, including the Goracle himself. 'Mountaintop removal is a crime and ought to be treated as a crime,' Gore said in April. He was addressing the audience at the 2008 Nashville Film Festival, where he presented director Michael O'Connell the 2008 'Reel Current Award' for his film, Mountain Top Removal. The practice continues largely ...
Topics: coal, Congress, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Big, bad John Texas Sen. John Cornyn hearts drilling and a good brew	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Okay, so this campaign ad for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has nothing to do with the environment, but it needs to be posted: Cornyn's latest ads focus on his energy plan, which includes offshore drilling and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for exploration and drilling. He also says he supports 'viable alternative sources,' which in his book includes nuclear and coal. This is the same senator who during the debate over the Lieberman-Warner Climate ...
Topics: elections, energy, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, US senate (all these topics)

Whale, You Were Out! Makah tribe members sentenced for illegal whale hunt		01 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:09 AM on 01 Jul 2008 The five members of the Makah tribe who participated in an unsanctioned hunt of a gray whale last year were sentenced earlier this week. The Makah tribe, whose reservation is located in northwestern Washington state, is the only tribe in the country with treaty rights to hunt whales. However, the long, arduous process of obtaining a waiver to actually conduct a legal hunt has fueled the pr ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, politics, United States, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Moore rules on greenhouse gas emissions Georgia judge finds that coal plant must obtain emissions permit from state EPA	Joseph Romm	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The AP has the bombshell news. A judge has finally used the Supreme Court decision that carbon dioxide is a pollutant: The construction of a coal-fired power plant in Georgia was halted Monday when a judge ruled that the plant's builders must first obtain a permit from state regulators that limits the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. Read Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore's ruling [PDF]. What did the judge find? E&E News ($ ...
Topics: climate, coal, Georgia, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Burnett at the stake Former EPA official talks about White House's unwillingness to regulate greenhouse gas emissions	Kate Sheppard	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
As we've reported here over the past week, the White House is trying to block the Environmental Protection Agency from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gases. Over the weekend, Grist talked to former associate deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Jason Burnett about the agency's findings and the White House's interference. Burnett, an economist by training, and the EPA's environmental ...
Topics: greenhouse-gas emissions, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

Electable energy The importance of elections for a renewable energy economy	Jason D Scorse	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This article in Business Week is both a fascinating read and a perfect illustration of why national leadership is so essential for a sustainable energy future. Many environmentalists (including myself) believe that electricity generated through clean renewable sources can power not only most of our homes and industry, but also our transportation sector through plug-in cars and buses. There is little doubt that the solar and wind capacity exists, but the major obstacle ...
Topics: elections, energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

The power of the state State energy news update	Joseph Romm	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Kari Manlove, fellows assistant at the Center for American Progress. -----On Wednesday (June 25th), Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a historic piece of energy legislation that advances Florida one step closer to establishing a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Florida is the first state in the Southeast to adopt a law of this nature. While Crist has prevented new coal plant construction and whil ...
Topics: coal, elections, energy, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Greeting Cardin Maryland Senator pushes for better transit, efficiency	Kate Sheppard	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Since he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1987, Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has been active on issues such as health care and retirement security. But since making the leap to the Senate less than two years ago, Cardin has emerged as a leader on some of the most nuts-and-bolts elements of policy to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions: energy efficiency and transit. Ben Cardin. His most recent accomplishment was securing $171 billio ...
Topics: legislation, Maryland, Muckraker, news, politics, public transportation, US Senate (all these topics)

White-Out House White House tries to keep EPA from showing how greenhouse gases could be regulated		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:29 PM on 30 Jun 2008 The White House is trying to block the U.S. EPA from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gases, reports The Wall Street Journal. The draft document, a formal response to a Supreme Court decision that greenhouse gases are pollutants and can thus be regulated under the Clean Air Act, must be OK'd by the White Hou ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

Is 450 ppm politically possible? Part 6 What the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner bill debate tells us	Joseph Romm	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
No, 450 is not politically possible today. Okay, that was clear before. But the debate over the Climate Security Act made it clear that it won't be politically possible anytime soon, for two reasons: The vast majority of conservatives have not budged an inch on climate science even in the face of now overwhelming direct scientific observation and a much deeper and broader scientific understanding of the dangerous impact of unrestricted human greenhouse gas emissio ...
Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon trading, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics)

To Clean Up or Not to Clean Up ... We're Still on Defense U.S. Defense Department fighting EPA orders to clean up Superfund sites		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 8:17 AM on 30 Jun 2008 Defying environmental law, the U.S. Defense Department has resisted repeated orders lately from the U.S. EPA to clean up some of the nation's most contaminated places. The DoD/EPA standoff has turned into a bureaucratic pissing match wherein the EPA has asserted its authority to order and oversee cleanup of ultra-polluted Superfund si ...
Topics: Department of Defense, news, politics, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Don't take it for Granite N.H.'s Shaheen puts energy issues at center of her campaign for Senate	Kate Sheppard	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In New Hampshire, former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) is challenging incumbent John Sununu (R) for his U.S. Senate seat, and she's making energy concerns a centerpiece of her campaign. Here's her most recent ad, targeting the 'Enron loophole': Previous Shaheen ads have called for tougher regulation of the oil industry and increased investment in renewable energy.
Topics: elections, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate, video (all these topics)

Per Hirsh incentives Newsweek political journalist transcribes McCain campaign spin on energy	David Roberts	29 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Last October, Barack Obama laid out a detailed, ambitious, and comprehensive energy plan, and he's been talking about it ever since. A couple weeks ago, John McCain let loose a flurry of one-off energy gimmicks -- a gas tax holiday, offshore drilling, a prize for a car battery -- which he crammed together under the heading 'the Lexington Plan.' According to Washington Wise Man Michael Hirsh, in a mash note that would embarrass a crushing tween, that puts Obama on th ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Ethanol with your coal, anyone? Billionaires for Obama	JMG	29 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Via Sam Smith, Lynn Sweet notes a few of the folks meeting with Obama: WEDNESDAY OBAMA PRIVATE MEETING IN CHICAGO WITH BUSINESS LEADERS: 1. James Bell, CFO of Boeing, aerospace, IL 2. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, financial services, NY 3. Ann Fudge, former CEO of Young & Rubicam, public relations, IL 4. Mark Gallogly, Centerbridge Partners, NY 5. Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford, auto manufacturer, MI 6. Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy, energy/alternati ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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)

Is that a pig in the sky? Republican Congressional candidate says main priority is energy reform	JMG	28 Jun 2008	Gristmill
While Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith (R.) tries to fuzz his ties to the GOP and his unswerving devotion to the Bush agenda (in between lurches to the center around election time), at least Oregon voters in the First District have a choice that's actually interesting: either Democrat David Wu, considered a huge disappointment and one of the least effective members of Congress (he's so lame that even the Oregonian, who typically only stops endorsing incumbents after they've been six fee ...
Topics: elections, energy, Oregon, politics (all these topics)

Hill heap A weekly roundup of greenish news from the Capitol	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Some political news debris from this week: The League of Conservation Voters announced today that they've created the first green bundling site. This allows folks to donate en masse to green candidates around the country. LCV will direct the funds to the candidates it will support this year in Senate and House races. Just off his big Everglades restoration deal, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist hosted a conference on climate change. Crist's friend and Californi ...
Topics: climate, Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Jon Stewart on EPA and email	David Roberts	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Nobody but Stewart could do this justice:
Topics: brilliance, dumbassery, funnies, George Bush, politics, US EPA, video (all these topics)

Ensign of the times Senate Republican tries to tack renewable tax extensions onto housing bil	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) is attempting to add the tax break extensions for renewables that keep failing in the Senate to a giant housing package. His attempts have stalled the housing bill, which would overhaul mortgage finance and create programs to help borrowers refinance. The Senate is supposed to go into recess today for the July 4 holiday, but Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has threatened to keep it in session until this is resolved. Though the tax ext ...
Topics: legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy, US Senate (all these topics)

Sun block Bush places moratorium on new solar projects on public land	Joseph Romm	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In a parting shot at the competition for its fossil fuels supporters, the uber-lame (duck) Bush administration 'has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years.' Drilling for oil and gas, even in pristine areas -- hey, we�re former oil company executives. Leveling mountains in beautiful West Virginia -- we�re all for it. Toxic metals from mining -- bring �em o ...
Topics: George Bush, politics, public lands, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Reps. for renewables New bill to support renewables offered in House	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.), Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), and Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduced legislation [PDF] yesterday to provide security for investments in the renewable-energy sector by guaranteeing rates for renewable-energy generation. The Renewable Energy Jobs and Security Act would provide guaranteed renewable-energy payments to small and mid-sized clean-energy suppliers (up to 20 megawatts). It would provide security for investment ...
Topics: Congress, economy, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

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