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Can't They Just Use the Ocean? Schwarzenegger announces $5.9 billion plan to battle drought		18 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Can't They Just Use the Ocean? Schwarzenegger announces $5.9 billion plan to battle drought California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced a $5.9 billion plan to prepare for his state's almost-certain continued drought and population boom. Taking the need to douse Big Agriculture as a given, Schwarzenegger called for construction of new reservoirs and dams -- but, true t ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Big Ag, California, news, state politics, water crisis (all these topics)

No Rush Hour New York hems and haws over Manhattan congestion fees		16 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
No Rush Hour New York hems and haws over Manhattan congestion fees Today is a make-or-break, do-or-die, fish-or-cut-bait, poo-or-get-off-the-pot, we-wish-we-could-think-of-more-hyphenated-clichés day for New York, as state legislators, Governor Eliot Spitzer, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wrestle over Bloomberg' ...
Topics: climate, health, innovation, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, public transportation, state politics, urban planning (all these topics)

Rocking the Cradle of Democracy Energy debate leads to unprecedented government shutdown in Pennsylvania		10 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Rocking the Cradle of Democracy Energy debate leads to unprecedented government shutdown in Pennsylvania More than 24,000 state workers in Pennsylvania are back on the job today, after a fierce debate over budget issues -- including transportation and clean energy -- led Gov. Ed Rendell (D) to enact an unprecedented partial government shutdown yesterday. At a late-night ...
Topics: energy, news, Pennsylvania, public transportation, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

All Is Not Well in La-La Land Top Schwarzenegger air-quality officials depart under protest		03 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
All Is Not Well in La-La Land Top Schwarzenegger air-quality officials depart under protest If Arnold Schwarzenegger were a cobbler, his children would have no shoes. Or something like that. While the Governator has been busy spreading the climate gospel around the world, his air-quality agency is coming apart at the seams. Last week, Schwarzenegger fired Rob ...
Topics: air pollution, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, news, politics, shenanigans, state politics (all these topics)

15 Green Politicians		26 Jun 2007	Main Dish
From mayors to heads of state, politicians the world over are going green. Check out our list of top achievers, then tell us which political leaders you'd nominate in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Photo: Thomas Hawk via Flickr Arnold Schwarzenegger The Governator has truly pumped up environmental action in California. He made the state a global leader on climate change by signing into law the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Boxer, international politics, lists, local politics, politics, state politics (all these topics)

When push comes to guv Ahhhnold and friends tell the folks on the Hill to get with it	Kate Sheppard	13 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, politics, state politics (all these topics)

O Pioneers Western states fired up over clean energy		11 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
O Pioneers Western states fired up over clean energy When it comes to clean energy, the West is the best -- or at least, it wants to be. In Deadwood, S.D., this week, 10 Western U.S. governors and two Canadian provincial premiers are meeting to talk about the region's power prospects, including solar, wind, biomass, and "clean coal." Reporting that the region is on track to add 30,000 megawatts or ...
Topics: energy, news, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

25x25 Oregon Gov. signs tough new renewable standard	David Roberts	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Oregon, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

Some good news for a change, albeit with an albeit Oregon blazes a trail again, mostly	JMG	24 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, Oregon, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

Republican governors to Bush: Pull over and let us pass The federal gov't is blocking state efforts to fight climate change	David Roberts	22 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, climate change mitigation, politics, state politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Policies in need of Californication All green eyes turn to the West Coast	Joseph Romm	21 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: legislation, politics, energy, climate, California, state politics (all these topics)

Who's that good-lookin' guy in the commercial? Hey, that's me!	Andrew Dessler	14 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, shameless self-promotion, state politics, Texas (all these topics)

State emissions registry	David Roberts	10 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: California, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, state politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

Measure Twice, Cut One of These Days Coalition of 31 states creates greenhouse-gas emissions registry		09 May 2007	Daily Grist
Measure Twice, Cut One of These Days Coalition of 31 states creates greenhouse-gas emissions registry Flipping the feds the collective bird, 31 U.S. states have created a registry to track industrial greenhouse-gas emissions. The states -- joined by British Columbia, Manitoba, and a Native American nation in California -- represent some 70 percent of the U.S. population and all (er, both?) sides of ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, state politics (all these topics)

Better carbon markets The RFFI way	David Roberts	08 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: carbon trading, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, state politics (all these topics)

B.C. joins WRCAI More exciting than it sounds	David Roberts	26 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Jim Sims and the clean coal PR push Learn how to recognize the shills	David Roberts	17 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, lying liars, politics, state politics, Utah (all these topics)

Gristmill to Schweitzer: STFU Quit with the coal boosting already	David Roberts	16 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, Congress, energy, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Slouching towards sanity In Washington state	Clark Williams-Derry	15 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, politics, state politics, Washington (all these topics)

Do They Even Have Roads There? Vermont court hears landmark vehicle-emissions case		09 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Do They Even Have Roads There? Vermont court hears landmark vehicle-emissions case This week, the U.S. state with the fewest registered cars will take the driver's seat in the race to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions. A Vermont court will hear a landmark case on whether the state's adoption of a stringent California emissions law is legal. Under the Clean Air Act, states ...
Topics: cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, state politics, Vermont (all these topics)

Get the Chertoff My Back States worry as Homeland Security issues chemical-plant rules		03 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Get the Chertoff My Back States worry as Homeland Security issues chemical-plant rules Funny story: Of the 15,000 U.S. chemical plants, as many as 7,000 are in highly populated areas and at high risk for an accident or attack. Ha! Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security released the first comprehensive federal rules for tracking the security of such sites. Which seems good, until you realize many s ...
Topics: national security, news, politics, state politics (all these topics)

If At First You Don't Secede Five western states form regional climate-change partnership		27 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
If At First You Don't Secede Five western states form regional climate-change partnership Citing a federal leadership void, the governors of five western U.S. states have formed a regional partnership to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change. The Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, which inc ...
Topics: Arizona, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, state politics, Washington (all these topics)

One Nation, Under Terry An interview with California environmental adviser Terry Tamminen	David Roberts	04 Jan 2007	Main Dish
Terry Tamminen is a compact, affable man. With his bluntness and lack of pretense, it's easy to see why Arnold Schwarzenegger trusted him. The California governor brought Tamminen on as his environmental adviser in 2003, elevated him to secretary of the state EPA, and then appointed him a senior cabinet adviser in 2004. In part due to Tamminen's behind-the-scenes influence and t ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, interview, politics, state politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

We guv you, too A majority of states retain green-leaning guvs	Kate Sheppard	08 Nov 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Bill Richardson, elections, politics, state politics (all these topics)

No guv, no love Enviro voters hope to green the statehouses as well	Kate Sheppard	07 Nov 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Richardson, elections, politics, state politics (all these topics)

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