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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)

Tabling the presidential discussion, part I: Follow the money How Obama and Clinton stack up on food and ag	Tom Philpott	10 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Now that the Democratic campaign has narrowed to two clear front-runners -- each of whom has managed a surprise victory over the other in a major primary -- the time has come to take a look at how they stack up on food and ag policy.If elected, would these prospective presidents kowtow to Big Food interests -- or work to rebuild local and regional food systems? To gain insight, over several posts I'll compare and contrast Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on three fr ...
Topics: agriculture, Barack Obama, elections, food, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

How a Bill Becomes a Blah Richardson drops out of presidential race, takes clean-energy fervor back to N.M.		10 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 1:47 PM on 10 Jan 2008 New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination today, after tanking in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. In making his announcement, he looked on the bright side: "A year ago ... we were the campaign with the most aggressive clean energy plan and the most ambitious standards for redu ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Whom will Gore endorse?	David Roberts	10 Jan 2008	Gristmill
First, in other primary news, Bill Richardson, whose energy plan was excellent but who failed to excite anyone, at all, even a little bit, has dropped out of the Dem primary. Also, John Kerry, who didn't excite all that many people either, has endorsed Barack Obama. The big question, according to Josh, is whom Al Gore will endorse. I've seen lots of speculation about this. My strong inclination is that Gore will not endorse anyone until the general, when he will endor ...
Topics: Al Gore, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Granite State Update Clinton and McCain win New Hampshire primaries, attract green voters		09 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:42 AM on 09 Jan 2008 Unseasonably warm weather brought out a record number of voters in New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday -- and is it mere coincidence that the majority of them voted for candidates with real plans to tackle climate change? Well, OK, probably yes. Hillary Clinton was the victor on the Democratic side; she's got a strong platform on climate and clean energy (though her main Dem ...
Topics: climate, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, New Hampshire, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Highway to Hill Clinton wins Democratic primary in New Hampshire		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 8:02 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire's Democratic primary, beating Barack Obama by a slim margin and John Edwards by a sizeable one. Clinton has a strong, comprehensive climate and energy plan -- but then again, so do her Democratic competitors. Check out Grist's interview with Clinton and fact sheet on Clinton to get the full scoop on her environmental platform and record. ...
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

New Hampshire results McCain and Clinton win	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I go get my hair cut and look what happens. McCain has won the NH primary with 37 percent to Romney's 30 percent. That's roughly what was expected.The huge news, though, is that Clinton is ahead, with 39 percent to Obama's 36 percent.If Clinton pulls out a win in NH it's going to flip the entire campaign narrative yet again, demonstrating that pundits don't know sht and voters know how to make up their own minds. UPDATE: NPR has called it for Clinton, 39-36. Edwar ...*
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain Is Able McCain wins in New Hampshire, after trolling for green votes		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 6:00 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Unseasonably warm weather brought out a surge of voters in New Hampshire's primary -- and is it mere coincidence that the only Republican with a real plan to tackle climate change won? Well, OK, probably yes. But John McCain, who handily prevailed in the Granite State's GOP primary, did make a deliberate appeal to New Hampshire voters who care about the environment. "I will clean ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

'His ideas have mirrored John's' Elizabeth Edwards says her hubby is the man to build a social movement	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
From Ezra Klein's short but interesting interview with Elizabeth Edwards: Ezra Klein: The message you seemed to be previewing on Sunday was that Obama's a great guy, he's got a great philosophy, really good ideas, but it's in his head and not in his heart. Elizabeth Edwards: Except for the ideas part, sure. His health care plan is slightly different, but in most everything else, he's adopted what John had said before. I'm not saying he can't have great ide ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Warm in NH	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Time has a nice little story on the "Eight Keys to New Hampshire." Number six: global warming. It may be Al Gore's ultimate political triumph: climate change as a key election issue. Everywhere they go throughout the state, candidates from both parties field questions about global warming from voters who are looking for more than just platitudes. They want to hear about cap-and-trade, carbon tax, hybrid cars, and woe to the candidate who tries to sid ...
Topics: climate, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Turnout in NH	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
High.
Topics: elections, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

False hopes Are Obama and Edwards promising ponies?	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Hillary Clinton is getting in lots of trouble for some recent comments, but I suspect that while her message is politically doomed, there's some truth to it. Some background: At the debate, Clinton said that candidates shouldn't be creating "false hopes" among the American people. After the debate, Obama commented that that was like MLK, Jr., mounting the steps of the capitol and saying, "sorry guys, false hope. The dream will die." Then, today, in ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

New Hampshire prediction, guaranteed accurate to the tenth decimal	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Obama by 8, McCain by 3. Clinton in second, Edwards in third. Romney in second, Huckabee in third.
Topics: elections, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

What about the cities? Urban issue virtually absent from campaign; mayors speak up	David Roberts	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Ed Glaeser asks the presidential candidates: "What about the cities?" Last month, Clyde Haberman wondered the same thing. It's a good question. Every rural cornpone mom and pop in Iowa has had a candidate personally promise to put on their slippers on every morning, but what about the majority of Americans that live in urban and suburban areas? Turns out The Nation and the Drum Major Institute have just done a video project on it, interviewing ten U.S. mayo ...
Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Green gap is more of a chasm The presidential debates once again highlight the obvious	Adam Stein	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Matthew Yglesias notes the environmental policy gap between Democratic and Republican presidential contenders: "On the Republican side, we have Mike Huckabee who thinks global warming is a serious problem but doesn't have any particular ideas about dealing with it." It strikes me as worse than that. When I read Andy Revkin's run-down of the weekend's debates, this made me want to get my shrill on: Mike Huckabee called for a billion-dollar prize for the fi ...
Topics: cars, elections, energy, fuel efficiency, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Hillary's poisonous NH cloud Clinton lobbied for tire burning near Granite State	Glenn Hurowitz	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
With the New Hampshire primaries approaching, I thought I'd share this article about how Hillary Clinton's political style has directly affected New Hampshire voters in a way that might shed light on the kind of president she would be. The article was co-written with Friends of the Earth Action president Brent Blackwelder. ----- New Hampshire has for decades struggled to keep its air clean. But during 2005 and 2006, Hillary Clinton's ambitions collided with ...
Topics: air pollution, elections, Hillary Clinton, logging, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08, toxics (all these topics)

Moving money in the economy More on climate policy in the Dem debate	David Roberts	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Responding to some of the comments on Dot Earth: Obama is right that a cap-and-trade program with 100 percent auctioned permits would be the functional equivalent of a carbon tax. Yes that does, in Richardson's rather daft phrase, "take money out of the economy," in the sense that any tax does. Happily, the other half of Obama's plan is to plow the money right back into the economy, reducing the financial hit on the working class, supporting renewable energ ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Clinton v. Obama on energy Clinton hangs 2005 energy bill around Obama's neck	David Roberts	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Quite interesting that Clinton went after Obama specifically on energy tonight: You know, the energy bill that passed in 2005 was larded with all kinds of special interest breaks, giveaways to the oil companies. Senator Obama voted for it. I did not because I knew that it was going to be an absolute nightmare. Now we're all out on the campaign trail talking about taking the tax subsidies away from the oil companies, some of which were in that 2005 energy bill ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

DeSmogBlog owes Obama three apologies Obama is in no way 'George Bush Lite'	Joseph Romm	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I am a big fan of the climate website, DeSmogBlog. So I was shocked when, the day after his unprecedented victory in Iowa, DeSmogBlog gave Barack Obama 'the inaugural 2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming.' Gimme a break. How could anyone win that award any year -- let alone in its inaugural year -- when George W. Bush is still president? [Not to mention a year in which Lomborg and Inhofe continue their influential disinformation compaigns!] A ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, George Bush, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

A thought out of season Noise, signal, and the presidential election	Tom Philpott	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Say David is right and the 2008 presidential election comes down to Obama vs. McCain. That means we're looking at historic, though frankly probably inadequate, climate-change legislation. On foreign policy, McCain has been an abysmal apologist for the Iraq debacle. That doesn't bode well. But Obama, to prove he's not a weak-kneed liberal, might be goaded into taking crudely aggressive stances -- just as Bill Clinton seemed to take a poke at Iraq every time Monica-g ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Carbon policy in tonight's Dem debate Obama puts the 100 percent auction idea into the mainstream	David Roberts	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
There were presidential debates on both sides tonight. I don't have cable, so I didn't watch them. However, a friend sent along this bit of transcript from the Dem, from a question on climate policy: GIBSON: All right. Let me turn to something else. Reversing -- you invoked the name of Al Gore a few moments ago -- reversing or slowing global warming is going to take sacrifice. I'm sort of sorry Chris Dodd isn't here because he's talked a lot about a carbon ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Wyoming caucus	David Roberts	05 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Two things you probably didn't know: Wyoming had a Republican caucus today. (The Dem caucus there is on the 8th.) Romney won it. Thompson came in second, Duncan Hunter third and no other candidate campaigned or got any support. There you have it.
Topics: elections, politics, presidential race 08, Wyoming (all these topics)

Dodd Man Out; Biden His Time No More Dodd and Biden drop out of race for Democratic presidential nomination		04 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:02 AM on 04 Jan 2008 After getting trounced in the Iowa caucuses yesterday, Democratic Sens. Chris Dodd (Conn.) and Joe Biden (Del.) dropped out of the presidential race. Dodd was the only candidate who supported a corporate carbon tax as a means to fight climate change; both Dodd and Biden supported a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 80 percent below 1 ...
Topics: Chris Dodd, elections, Joe Biden, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

How will climate play out in an Obama v. McCain race? Will climate wash out as an issue or help the greener candidate?	David Roberts	04 Jan 2008	Gristmill
If we end up with an Obama v. Romney/Giuliani/Thompson race, the green dynamic will be simple. The guy who wants to do something about global warming vs. the guy who prefers the energy status quo. But if, as I'm now (wildly and irresponsibly) predicting, it's an Obama v. McCain race, the dynamic shifts in some interesting ways. If you're a pessimistic sort, you might guess that McCain's early and courageous advocacy on climate change will neutralize the climate issu ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Iowa, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The Republican primary endgame McCain will likely take it after all	David Roberts	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The Republican primary race has been astonishing from the word go -- less the embarrassment of riches of the Dem side than just ... embarrassment. It's been a roller coaster. Nonetheless, I'm going to go on the record predicting that McCain will take it. Here's how I see it. Way back when, Santorum lost his Senate race and Bill Frist became a national joke and George Allen became a noncandidate thanks to macaca. At that point, everyone thought it was McCain's to lose ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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