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Pelosi to nation: Dems support drilling too!
Speaker's radio address aimed at blunting GOP message on energy |
Russ Walker |
18 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took up the 'drill more, drill now' refrain Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address, offering up a list of policy proposals intended to show that Democrats do indeed care about high gas and energy prices. Here's the YouTube version (text can be found here): Pelosi bashes the Bush administration for failing to deal with energy issues for the past eight years, and she offers up all the obligatory slams against Big Oil ... |
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| Topics: energy, Nancy Pelosi, oil and gas drilling, politics, radio, video (all these topics) |
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Mississippi mud
Mississippi Senate race goes negative as Dems attack incumbent over Big Oil |
Kate Sheppard |
18 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is targeting Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) for supporting Big Oil. A new ad highlights the fact that he voted to give oil companies tax breaks and voted against legislation to curb speculation in the oil market. 'While oil companies make record profits, Roger Wicker votes to give them $28 billion in tax breaks,' the ad says. 'On Election Day, make sure Roger Wicker feels your pain.' Mississippi's Republican Gov. Haley ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, Mississippi, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, US Senate, video (all these topics) |
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'Chemical symbol H-twenty'
A video for World Water Week |
Holly Richmond |
18 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| It's World Water Week, so I have an almost-legit excuse for posting this quirky, quotable video. It's part of the Look Around You series, a British spoof of '70s and '80s educational videos that takes on other scientific topics like Maths and Ghosts. Make sure you have your copybook at hand: |
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| Topics: funnies, green living, scientific research, video (all these topics) |
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'I have not missed any crucial vote'
John McCain, who has missed several crucial energy votes, says he hasn't |
David Roberts |
17 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is McCain interviewing Walter Isaacson at the Aspen Institute: "I have not missed any crucial vote." Says Satyam at ThinkProgress: McCain's has actually missed several "crucial" energy votes. In July alone, he missed every single energy vote brought to the floor. This session, McCain has skipped votes supporting renewable energy tax credits four times, all of which were filibustered. In June, for example, McCain missed a vote on the ... |
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| Topics: John McCain, legislation, politics, video (all these topics) |
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Bachmann drilling overdrive
Cuckoo bananas energy policy from House conservatives |
Josh Dorner |
17 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues. She quickly made a name for herself after being elected to Congress in 2006. In fact, she gained some dubious notoriety even before being elected, announcing to a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota congregation in October 2006 that "God then called [her] to run for the United States Congress." If possibly violating election laws we ... |
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| Topics: energy, legislation, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives, video (all these topics) |
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The latest We ad
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David Roberts |
16 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I like that these are getting ballsier: |
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| Topics: advertising, energy, environmental movement, renewable energy, video (all these topics) |
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Brings back memories
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David Roberts |
16 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I was working downtown when all this went down -- smelled a little tear gas, got escorted out of my building by a gauntlet of fully armored riot police. Looking back, I wish I'd had a better sense of the significance at the time. |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, Seattle, video, World Trade Organization (all these topics) |
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Pass the popcorn
An American Carol, failing to make it to a theater near you |
David Roberts |
15 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: movies, politics, video (all these topics) |
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Jim Hansen on Charlie Rose
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Andrew Dessler |
15 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Turns out he doesn't like coal: |
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| Topics: James Hansen, climate, TV, video (all these topics) |
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Colbert on offshore drilling
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David Roberts |
15 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| As you can see toward the end there, everything comes down to the fact that nobody -- outside of rarefied energy experts -- believes that alternatives to fossil fuels are here, ready, and reliable. Everything hinges on getting that message out. |
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| Topics: energy, funnies, oil and gas drilling, renewable energy, TV, video (all these topics) |
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TPM chats with Van Jones
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David Roberts |
14 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| At Netroots Nation, TPM talked with Van Jones: |
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| Topics: blogosphere, economy, events, green jobs, green living, Van Jones, video (all these topics) |
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McCain economics
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David Roberts |
14 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Here's Obama's new ad hitting McCain: I'm not entirely sure I get the Iraq bit. Is the Obama campaign now trying to cast Iraq as some sort of pampered welfare recipient? I know it now has an oil surplus, but it's not exactly like they're sitting pretty over there. |
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| Topics: advertising, elections, Iraq, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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Together, we can empower our worst enemies
The two faces of Newt Gingrich |
David Roberts |
13 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Here's Newt Gingrich cuddling up with Nancy Pelosi, basking in the reflected glow of her credibility on climate change: Here's Gingrich on C-SPAN, attacking the 'Al-Gore-Hard-Left-Pelosi-Reid' Democrats for failing to vote on Republicans' drilling-only bill: |
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| Topics: environmental movement, Newt Gingrich, oil and gas drilling, politics, video (all these topics) |
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Post-Carbon County
Clean energy comes to the coalfields |
Josh Dorner |
13 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The name says it all. Carbon County, Pennsylvania is a county of 58,000 located in the heart of the Keystone State's famed anthracite coalfields. The county was famous not just for its coal, but also the notorious Molly Maguires that exemplified the kind of organized violence between workers and bosses that marked 19th century American industrialism. Pennsylvania is also the state that launched the petroleum industry, with the sinking of the Drake Well in Titusville ( ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, greenish companies, mining, renewable energy, video, wind power (all these topics) |
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Enemy of the human race central
VBS travels to the most polluted city in the world |
David Roberts |
13 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| VBS.tv travels to the most polluted city on earth, the coal mining town of Linfen, China: It's a five-part series -- check out the rest on VBS.tv. |
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| Topics: China, coal, video (all these topics) |
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Exxon John
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David Roberts |
13 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Democratic National Committee is being mean to John McCain again: |
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| Topics: advertising, Big Oil, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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A piece of internet awesomeness I missed the first time around
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David Roberts |
13 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: politics, video (all these topics) |
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Jogging with WaPo in Beijing
A purely anecdotal, non-athlete's perspective of the air quality in Beijing |
Sara Barz |
11 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: air pollution, China, Olympics, sports, video (all these topics) |
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The people came
New York City's inaugural Summer Streets event a big hit |
David Roberts |
11 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| StreetFilms writes ... ... the New York City Department of Transportation held its first Summer Streets event on Saturday by opening 7 miles of city streets to pedestrians and bike traffic only. From 7 AM to 1 PM, roads were car-free from 72nd Street to the Brooklyn Bridge with Park Avenue serving as the backbone of the route. ... The general consensus was that the event succeeded beyond even the most hoped for expectations and would pass even the most pessimist ... |
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| Topics: green living, New York City, placemaking, video (all these topics) |
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Together, we can echo right-wing talking points
We campaign continues to shoot itself, and climate movement, in the foot |
David Roberts |
11 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| So as to start by saying nice things, I think this new ad from the We campaign is a vast improvement over the sitting-on-a-couch, lending-credibility-to-scumbags ads they ran earlier this year: That said, I got an email from the campaign on Friday that about made my head explode. Here's a bit: Last week, the U.S. Congress left Washington without addressing the energy crisis. They didn't deal with gas prices. They didn't move on solutions to climate change. Wha ... |
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| Topics: advertising, environmental movement, politics, video (all these topics) |
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Waste not, want not
Obama campaign targets McCain's support of dumping nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain |
Kate Sheppard |
11 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama released a new ad over the weekend in Nevada, targeting Republican rival John McCain's support for dumping nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. 'Imagine trucks hauling the nation's nuclear waste on our highways to Yucca Mountain,' the ad says. 'John McCain supports opening Yucca. He's not worried about nuclear waste in our state -- only in Arizona.' The ad then replays video of a May 2007 interview with McCain in whic ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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An ad campaign of Olympic proportions
Obama clean-energy ad will air during Olympics coverage |
Kate Sheppard |
08 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Thought the Olympics might bring some reprieve from election season? Think again. Today Barack Obama rolled out his $5 million ad campaign that will run during Olympic coverage on NBC, focusing on a clean energy economy. 'The hands that built this nation can build a new economy,' says the ad, as it shows images of people working on solar panels, wind farms, and other eco-friendly projects. It repeats the candidate's pledge to create 5 million green jobs, and ple ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, Muckraker, news, Olympics, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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Why market conditions mean more M&M-fed beef and less grass-fed
A great WSJ video on the mad economics of cow farming |
Tom Philpott |
08 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This wonderful little video by Wall Street Journal Multimedia originally came out in July, but the newspaper embedded it today in an article on feed prices. It contains two highly interesting bits of information. 1) With corn prices hovering at historically high levels, industrial-scale meat producers are turning to junk food as a feed supplement to cling to razor-thin profit margins. A feedlot operator calmly tells the Journal that he's cutting corn rations w ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, livestock, video (all these topics) |
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Halt signage
What if a public/private partnership tried to invent the stop sign today? |
Gar Lipow |
08 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| What if there were no stop signs and a 21st century corporation tried to invent one under contract from a 21st century government department? Yep, there are downsides to public investments ... |
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| Topics: video, funnies (all these topics) |
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Get to work!
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David Roberts |
07 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| MoveOn takes on McCain the voteskipper: For more on those votes, see here. |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics) |
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