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Barack jumps on board with coal-to-liquid

Although not getting much mainstream press between his new ethics bill and being a beach babe, Sen. Obama is co-chairing a new Senate caucus to promote coal to liquids and, one would assume, his recently reintroduced legislation, according to E&E Daily (sub. req.).

When is West Virginia's presidential primary?

More wonky interview

DR: What happened with Prop. 87 [the Calif. ballot initiative to tax oil company profits]? TT: Well, it failed. It’s amazing what $97 million of misleading advertising from oil companies will do, even against $50 million from proponents. And to be honest and fair, not all of it was misleading. Some of it was true. […]

Wherein I finally get it all out

I realize we have long since passed the point of blog parody, with the number of words written about Revkin’s article now exceeding the number of words in the article itself by many orders of magnitude. But I gots more to say — a big ol’ rant I’ve wanted to get out for a long […]

Dealing with the generation gap in the eco-workplace

As director of program development at The Environmental Careers Organization, Kevin Doyle knows a thing or two about job searching. In this recurring column for Grist, he explores the green job market and offers advice to eco-job-seekers looking to jumpstart their careers. Environmental employers are losing their ‘boomers, and some are worried sick about it. […]

Cars

Joel Makower returns from the recently wrapped-up upcoming North American International Auto Show in Detroit and asks: Where was the green? On a related note, man oh man do I want one of these Airstream thingies.

We are down the rabbit hole

Holy snot! Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (yes, that Ted Stevens) is sponsoring a bill to increase CAFE standards — the very standards he voted to eliminate in 2002. This is Stevens we’re talking about, so an ulterior motive is a mathematical certainty. I suspect he’s making deals or at least trolling for good will to […]

I still think Lieberman’s a turd

… but I was never torn about whether to support Joe Lieberman. Here’s what he’s up to now: Lieberman was praising Bush as a “great leader” for bucking American opinion, as expressed in the 2006 election, in his determination to double down in Iraq. Lieberman then said something incredible: Even those opposed to the surge, […]

Warming seas beget dying fish, GM unveils plug-in hybrid, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Better Not, Pout Happy Feat It’s All Sarovar Their Day in Cote Mercury Retrograde Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: One Nation, Under Terry Step It Up A Sight for Soar Eyes Everything Auld is New Again Matching Wits

To race

Gore’s refusal to jump in or completely rule out a presidential run is driving Beltway journalists to distraction, forcing them to fill up column inches saying absolutely nothing. They want their horse-race story! This "I’m really trying to get the message out about global warming" thing is just … no … fun.

It’s cool

More interesting details on Chevy’s wicked new quasi-electric kinda-plugin Volt from EcoGeek.