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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: state politics, coal, politics, energy, elections (all these topics)

Virginia is for coal lovers State illegally approves new coal-fired power plant	Glenn Hurowitz	26 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Update: The permit that was approved this week by the state Air Pollution Control Board does not contain the 'out clause' for mercury emissions. Information from an SELC statement was incorrect, and they have apologized. Under heavy pressure from lobbyists for Dominion Virginia Power, Virginia announced yesterday that it will permit the construction of a new coal-fired power plant, even though doing so clearly violates the law. Just days after NASA's James Hans ...
Topics: coal, energy, fossil fuels, grassroots activism, state politics, Virginia (all these topics)

The politics of clean energy Considering recycled energy will politically facilitate a national clean energy plan	Sean Casten	18 Jun 2008	Gristmill
There is a tendency to frame the politics of clean energy as a debate between the enlightened, forward thinkers on the coasts and the paleolithic environment-hating coal barons in the Southeast and Midwest. It makes a good sound bite, but confuses the ends and the means. Yes, there are strong vested interests in the coal belt and the rust belt that consistently resist GHG caps and clean energy policy. But so long as we frame the clean energy conversation as a wealth t ...
Topics: business, energy, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, legislation, state politics (all these topics)

RPS distribution	David Roberts	16 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Check out this map (click for a larger version). It shows states with renewable portfolio standards in orange. A swath of white goes from the southeast to the upper midwest. Tells you quite a bit about the political playing field on clean energy and how it maps to party. Taken from Senate EPW cmte. testimony from Dan Kammen, Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, 25 Sep. 2007
Topics: energy, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

e360 and states New Yale green site draws attention to state climate efforts	David Roberts	13 Jun 2008	Gristmill
I think various Grist contributors have linked over there a few times already, but I've been remiss in not explicitly noting the debut of environment360, the new online publication from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. It's come out of the gate with a bang, with pieces from high-profile writers like Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Denis Hayes. In particular, check out 'States Take the Lead on Climate,' by Michael Northrop and David Sasso ...
Topics: Bill Mckibben, climate, economy, politics, state politics (all these topics)

The hot rancher speaks U.S. Senate candidate Scott Kleeb and the clean energy roundup	Glenn Hurowitz	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Fresh from an overwhelming primary victory in Nebraska's U.S. Senate race, 32-year-old rancher, Yale Ph.D., and college history teacher Scott Kleeb spoke with me on the phone about his 'brand of change' for a clean energy economy and the environment. Kleeb shocked the political establishment in 2006 by getting 45 percent of the vote in Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District, one of the most Republican districts in the country. Then, as now, he ran as a clear pr ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, hotties, interview, Nebraska, politics, state politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Udall the right moves Senate race takes shape in New Mexico	Kate Sheppard	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This got lost in the flap over the Climate Security Act yesterday, but via Politico, on Tuesday night Rep. Steve Pearce narrowly won the Republican Senate primary in New Mexico. He beat out Rep. Heather Wilson by a margin of 51 to 49 percent in the contest to see who will replace GOP Sen. Pete Domenici, who is retiring for health reasons. Wilson was seen as the more moderate of the two candidates, though she has an overwhelmingly negative voting record in the House ...
Topics: elections, Muckraker, New Mexico, news, politics, state politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Florida faces unfavorable tide New report calls for climate action, but not everyone's listening	Miles Grant	30 May 2008	Gristmill
With more coastline than any state in the lower 48 and about a tenth of its economy ($65 billion a year) based on tourism, Florida has more to lose than any other state from the threats of global warming. Rising sea levels creep closer to coastal development. Warmer tropics fuel stronger hurricanes. And higher ocean temperatures kill coral and harm fish populations, threatening the state's $4.5 billion sportfishing industry. Plenty of reasons that a report released y ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Florida, habitat protection, legislation, severe weather, state politics (all these topics)

Dear Governor Greenwash Hansen: Governors aren't getting it	Guest author	29 May 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from noted climate scientist James Hansen. ----- My recent experience with governors raises a question about whether this is an effective way to communicate about climate change. (Apologies for the length -- you may skip the three tales and go to the bottom line.) Dear Governor Pawlenty [PDF] Minnesota Gov. Pawlenty presides over a population that appreciates nature. Explorer Will Steger has done a marvelous job of informing the pub ...
Topics: cap-and-dividend, climate, Minnesota, Nevada, politics, state politics, Virginia (all these topics)

Ahead of the curve: States lead on climate change Great new video on state efforts to tackle global warming	David Roberts	29 May 2008	Gristmill
Sea Studios has put together a fantastic new video called "Ahead of the Curve: States Lead on Climate Change." Check it out: You might also remember their previous video, 'Ahead of the Curve: Business Leads on Climate Change.' Here it is:
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Removing mountaintop removal North Carolina bill would ban burning of coal from mountaintop-removal mining	Kate Sheppard	29 May 2008	Gristmill
On Tuesday, North Carolina State Rep. Pricey Harrison introduced legislation in the state House that would ban the burning of coal obtained through mountaintop-removal mining. If it passes, North Carolina would become the first state in the nation with such a law. The mining method isn't practiced in North Carolina, but 61 percent of the state's power comes from coal; North Carolina is second only to Georgia in the amount of MTR-mined coal it burns. According to ...
Topics: coal, energy, legislation, mining, Muckraker, news, North Carolina, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Looks like ...	David Roberts	23 May 2008	Gristmill
... the coal battle in Kansas is over for the time being. Score: Coal-0; earth/Sebelius/Kansas ratepayers-1
Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Beyond the Palin Alaska will sue over polar-bear listing		22 May 2008	News
Posted at 12:07 PM on 22 May 2008 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will sue the Interior Department over its decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species. "We believe that the listing was unwarranted and that it's unprecedented to list a currently healthy population based on uncertain climate models," says Alaska Assistant Attorney General Steven Daugherty. To green groups, that argument is, shall we say, unimpressive. &quo ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change skepticism, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, polar bears, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Kentucky fried agitprop Kentucky taxpayers pony up $400,000 a year for coal industry 'educational materials'	David Roberts	20 May 2008	Gristmill
Some crackerjack reporting by John Cheves in the Lexington Herald-Leader finds that the state of Kentucky sinks about $400,000 of taxpayer money a year into public campaigns that promote coal and even mountaintop-removal mining: The money is funneled through non-profit groups controlled by the coal industry ... The money is used largely for statewide classroom programs designed 'to carry a positive message about the coal industry,' according to records. A Web si ...
Topics: coal, energy, Kentucky, shenanigans, state politics (all these topics)

Sebelius ...	David Roberts	19 May 2008	Gristmill
... continues to kick ass.
Topics: energy, heroes, Kansas, politics, state politics (all these topics)

We'll always have Monaco W. Va. Supreme Court chief justice and friend to dirty coal loses reelection bid	David Roberts	14 May 2008	Gristmill
Remember Spike Maynard? He was the chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, the one caught canoodling around the Caribbean with mountaintop mining executive Don Blankenship -- and some young women to whom, suffice to say, they were not betrothed -- while Blankenship's company, Massey Energy, had a case before the court. Maynard said he just happened to run into Blankenship in Monaco. (These things happen, right?) Spike got booted from that case, but he dragg ...
Topics: elections, politics, shenanigans, state politics, West Virginia (all these topics)

Big Stone II sinking fast Administrative law judges give controversial coal plant thumbs down -- final decision up to PUC	Ted Nace	09 May 2008	Gristmill
One of the most controversial coal plant proposals in the country just took yet another big hit.Minnesota's two administrative law judges on the hearings for the Big Stone II plant in South Dakota, Steve Mihalchick and Barbara Neilson, recommended today that the state Public Utilities Commission deny a certificate of need for the plant's transmission lines in western Minnesota. If adopted by the PUC, the ruling will kill the highly controversial project. According to the AL ...
Topics: coal, energy, Minnesota, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Alas, Alaska Alaska legislature looking for polar-bear skeptics		07 May 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change skepticism, dumbassery , endangered species, news, polar bears, politics, state politics (all these topics)

We Will Connecticut You Now Connecticut goes big with emissions-reducing goals		06 May 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Connecticut, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, progress, state politics (all these topics)

Minnesota to Bill Gates: No new coal! Legislators protest Gates family's stake in Big Stone II	Ted Nace	04 May 2008	Gristmill
Bill Gates. Unlike his bridge buddy Warren Buffett, who recently canceled six planned coal projects, Bill Gates is still pushing coal. Cascade Investment Management, his personal investment company, is the largest stakeholder (9 percent) in Otter Tail Corporation, the lead sponsor of the controversial Big Stone II coal project. Last week, eight Minnesota legislators, led by Rep. Jean Wagenius (DFL) of Minneapolis and Sen. Ellen Anderson (DFL) of St. Paul, wr ...
Topics: coal, energy, Minnesota, politics, state politics (all these topics)

From My Coal-Dead Kans. Veto override fails in Kansas; embattled coal plants remain dead		02 May 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: climate, coal, Kansas, news, politics, state politics (all these topics)

The latest on the expensivest cheap power around The fight over coal heads to a climax in Kansas	David Roberts	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill
The fight over coal in Kansas is headed to a climactic battle on Wednesday, when the legislature gathers to finish its session. Twice it has sent bills to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius that would allow two blocked dirty coal plants to move forward; twice she has vetoed. The game on Wed. is for pro-coal legislators to scare up enough votes to override the veto. There's a good rundown on the action in the Kansas City Star, which includes this laugh-out-loud quote: 'We're ...
Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Perry and Thrust U.S. should back off from biofuels to bring down food prices, says Texas guv		28 Apr 2008	News
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 & ...
Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, economy, energy, food, news, politics, state politics, Texas (all these topics)

If At First You Don't Succeed, Perhaps It Was a Bad Idea Third try at coal-plant bill heads to Kansas governor		25 Apr 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, legislation, news, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Now We've Heard Udall Green groups announce support for Senate campaigns		24 Apr 2008	News
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 ...
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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