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Alas, Alaska
Alaska legislature looking for polar-bear skeptics |
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07 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:32 AM on 07 May 2008 The Alaska legislature wants to use $2 million in state money to fund an "academic based" conference to highlight the views of scientists who don't think the polar bear should be put on the endangered-species list. The U.S. Interior Department must make a decision by May 15 on whether polar bears are a threatened or endangered species, and "[w]e want to have the money to hire scientis ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change skepticism, dumbassery , endangered species, news, polar bears, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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We Will Connecticut You Now
Connecticut goes big with emissions-reducing goals |
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06 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:50 PM on 06 May 2008 The Connecticut senate has unanimously passed a bill aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, becoming the fifth state to pass such legislation (after California, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Washington). The bill would require Connecticut to reduce emissions 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050. If, as expected, Gov. Jodi Rell (R) signs it into ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Connecticut, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, progress, state politics (all these topics) |
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Minnesota to Bill Gates: No new coal!
Legislators protest Gates family's stake in Big Stone II |
Ted Nace |
04 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Minnesota, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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From My Coal-Dead Kans.
Veto override fails in Kansas; embattled coal plants remain dead |
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02 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:57 AM on 02 May 2008 Two new coal-fired power plants will not be built in western Kansas due to a failed attempt to override the governor's veto. The coal-plant saga began when a state environment official last year rejected Sunflower Energy's permit to build the new plants -- the first such rejection in the U.S. on the basis of carbon dioxide emissions. State legislators who had backed the plan ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, Kansas, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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The latest on the expensivest cheap power around
The fight over coal heads to a climax in Kansas |
David Roberts |
29 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Perry and Thrust
U.S. should back off from biofuels to bring down food prices, says Texas guv |
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28 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:56 PM on 28 Apr 2008 Has the U.S. push for biofuels contributed to rising global food prices? Well, yes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday: "There has been apparently some effect, unintended consequence from the alternative fuels effort." But, she hastened to add, "biofuels continue to be an extremely important piece of the alternative energy picture" and & ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, economy, energy, food, news, politics, state politics, Texas (all these topics) |
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If At First You Don't Succeed, Perhaps It Was a Bad Idea
Third try at coal-plant bill heads to Kansas governor |
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25 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:46 PM on 25 Apr 2008 With firm belief in the power of try, trying again, Kansas legislators have sent another coal-plant proposal to the desk of veto-happy Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. The governor has twice shot down legislation to allow a new two-unit coal plant to be built in her state, but legislative leaders say the new plan is a compromise: it would reduce the size of the ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Now We've Heard Udall
Green groups announce support for Senate campaigns |
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24 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:00 PM on 24 Apr 2008 A coalition of large green groups has pledged to support Mark Udall, Tom Udall, and Jeanne Shaheen in their campaigns to become senators in 2008. Colorado Representative Mark Udall and his cousin, New Mexico Representative Tom Udall, will run for Senate seats in their respective states; Shaheen is the former governor of New Hampshire, and will run there. All three are Democrats. The green g ... |
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| Topics: Colorado, elections, environmental movement, League of Conservation Voters, New Hampshire, New Mexico, news, politics, Sierra Club, state politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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Buckeyes on solar
Renewable energy standard passed in Ohio |
Adam Browning |
24 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, legislation, Ohio, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics) |
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Unexcused absences
Arizona Republic calls out senator for not supporting solar |
Adam Browning |
23 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Arizona, energy, John McCain, politics, solar voltaic power, state politics (all these topics) |
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Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars
New Sundance doc tells the story of the TXU coal fight in Texas |
David Roberts |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, grassroots activism, movies, state politics, Texas (all these topics) |
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MO-mentum
The push for a renewable energy standard in Missouri |
Adam Browning |
21 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: state politics, politics, Missouri, renewable energy, energy (all these topics) |
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It's not you; it's me
Energy execs and GOP reps grow apart on climate action |
Miles Grant |
21 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Congress, climate change skepticism, energy, politics, state politics, North Dakota (all these topics) |
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By Our Power Combined
California utilities scuffle over cap-and-trade |
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21 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:42 AM on 21 Apr 2008 California is well aware that reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is easier said than done. The state's attempts to craft an effective cap-and-trade system are causing infighting among public utilities and their privately owned counterparts. Public utilities, which source more of their power from coal, protest that they're going to end up paying out the nose to the state and seeing the money red ... |
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| Topics: business, California, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, regulation, state politics (all these topics) |
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Dear Sir or Madam
Governors will pester candidates about climate |
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18 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:28 AM on 18 Apr 2008 A gaggle of governors will conclude a meeting at Yale with an agreement to pester the presidential candidates about climate change. Governors of 18 states, representing more than half of the U.S. population, pledge to "reach out to major presidential candidates as a means of shaping the first 100 days of the next administration." source: Reuters From the Archive ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, politics, presidential race 08, state politics (all these topics) |
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Sebelius to Kansas legislature:
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David Roberts |
17 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Kansas, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Blocking Ferrari-ready driveways
Maine becomes third state to pass tough coal law |
Ted Nace |
16 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, Maine, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Dusk to Spawn
California bars salmon fishing in state waters |
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16 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:29 PM on 16 Apr 2008 California Fish and Game officials voted Tuesday to bar commercial salmon fishing in state waters, in what was, according to one commissioner, "one of the most painful votes I think we've ever taken." Fishing in federal waters off the California coast was banned last week. Next month, state officials are likely to bar recreational salmon fishing in Central Valley rivers as well. Californians ... |
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| Topics: California, fishing, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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State Statement
Governors gather to gab about climate |
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16 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:18 AM on 16 Apr 2008 A group of influential governors will meet this week at Yale University to discuss taking the reins in the fight against climate change. The discussion will center around "blending a set of state efforts, some of which are already up and running, with an emerging federal climate system," according to Dan Esty, the director of Yale's Center for Environmental Law and Policy. Those state efforts includ ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Dear Mr. Gibbons
A letter from a climate scientist to Nevada's governor |
Guest author |
15 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, coal, energy, James Hansen, Nevada, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Not By a LNG Shot
New York governor puts the kibosh on proposed LNG terminal |
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10 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:50 PM on 10 Apr 2008 Newbie New York Governor David Paterson has put the kibosh on a proposal for a liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound. Paterson and other outspoken opponents say the Broadwater project would damage the sound and be a floating terrorist target. Oil companies TransCanada and Shell, which are pushing the project, point to LNG as a source of clean energy, and say they'll seek o ... |
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| Topics: energy, natural gas, New York, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Saving the planet: sometimes as important as saving jobs
Maryland House committee kills climate bill |
Joseph Romm |
10 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: business, legislation, Maryland, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Auto agitprop
Carmakers take anti-Cali talking points to 'Blue Dog' House Democrats |
David Roberts |
08 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: California, cars, politics, shenanigans, state politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Machiavelli meets the Big Apple
Ten reasons NYC's congestion pricing plan went belly up |
Charles Komanoff |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: legislation, New York, placemaking, politics, state politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Maryland keeps getting greener
State's governor pursuing clean energy and GHG reductions |
Joseph Romm |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Maryland, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics) |
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