Climate Politics
All Stories
-
![]()
![]()
Jerry Brown wishes we could treat clean energy like we treat stuffed lions
California Gov. Jerry Brown (whose full first name is Edmund, who knew) has reached across the aisle for the sake of dead mountain lions. Now he'd like to gently suggest to the California senate that things like clean energy might be almost as important.
-
A look at CHP markets across the country: Sometimes supportive policies aren't enough
This post was written by Anna Chittum, Senior Policy Analyst at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and a contributing author at the ACEEE blog. Here at ACEEE we love combined heat and power (CHP). CHP is a critical, affordable, and proven energy resource that can produce electricity and thermal energy at the same […]
-
![]()
![]()
How to care for your 6-foot Rick Perry chia head
If you have a spare $4,500 lying around, you can now own a Rick Perry chia head that's as tall as Rick Perry.
-
![]()
![]()
Gee, we wish Obama would rip on Perry's denialism in public
“You’ve got a governor whose state is on fire, denying climate change,” said President Obama at a fundraiser in Silicon Valley on Sunday, allegedly. It's like he's been reading Grist! Or more like he made the obvious connection that everyone with even a lizard-like sense for irony would make. It’s nice to see the president […]
-
![]()
![]()
Tax expenditures: a boring thing you should be outraged about
In budget terms, tax expenditures may look the same as simple government spending, but the political differences are enormously important.
-
![]()
![]()
Bill Clinton slams U.S. climate deniers: 'We look like a joke'
Former president Bill Clinton blasted the GOP for supporting climate science denial.
-
![]()
![]()
McConnell opposes energy loan guarantees — except in Kentucky
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is outraged that politically connected energy companies are getting loan guarantees ... outside of Kentucky, his home state.
-
![]()
![]()
The small-town energy revolution
Until recently, the idea of powering a local economy with 100 percent renewable energy seemed unrealistic. That has changed: There's a small-town energy revolution underway.
-
![]()
![]()
Oh, now we're not regulating greenhouse gases either
The EPA, as expected, has decided to postpone making rules about carbon dioxide and other harmful gas emissions from power plants. I mean, greenhouse gas regulations? How is that REMOTELY the job of the Environmental Protection Agency, amirite?
-
![]()
![]()
Tea Party: Don't build public transit, because the terrorists might attack it
Apparently public transit is now helping the terrorists win. That's according to a Tea Party group in Georgia, at least. The group wants to 86 a light rail project because "when they [THE TERRORISTS!!] blow up a rail, that just brings the system to a grinding halt." So we should not build rail in the first place, because in the event of terrorism it would cease to work. Makes sense!
To be fair, the dude who said that also seemed to be ok with a bus system, because in his words "if the terrorist blow up a single bus, we can work around that."
