Climate Politics
All Stories
-
Nevadans miffed by McCain’s glib comment about nuclear safety
The Las Vegas Sun editorial board isn’t too pleased by John McCain’s “safe, environmental, blah blah blah” comment: Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said he would support the use of Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, as the dump site for the nation’s high-level nuclear waste. That is one of many reasons […]
-
Obama talks up electrical grid improvements on cable tv — seriously, I have video evidence
On Thursday night, Barack Obama appeared on the (highly rated) Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. Continuing his comprehensive effort to say things that make me really happy, he had a long exchange with Maddow about … the electrical grid. Seriously! He says, “we’re going to have to have a smart grid — if we want […]
-
Groups warn of possible EPA moves to weaken standards for radioactive releases
A group of 60 environmental and public health organizations sent a letter [PDF] to Environmental Protection Agency administrator Stephen Johnson expressing concern that the agency “is considering a series of actions aimed at dismantling and dramatically weakening decades of EPA policies for protection of the public from ionizing radiation” in the remaining weeks of the […]
-
Boxer says she’ll let a President Obama lead on greenhouse gas bill
OK. The chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee didn’t quite say that, at least not directly. But E&E News PM reports ($ub. req’d): Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) expects to take her cues on climate in the 111th Congress from the next president. The chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee […]
-
What pollsters can learn from climate modelers
Pollster.com has an interesting piece on the confusing disparity among all of the polls taken for this election. In particular, “likely voter model design depends significantly on judgments that pollsters make about how to model the likelihood that any voter sampled will actually turn out and vote in the election.” The author, Clark A. Miller, […]
-
I guess they call them ‘talking points’ for a reason
Hey, remember how eerily similar the talking points on energy (and everything else) were at the three presidential debates? Well, 23/6 puts them all side-by-side. Energy portion is at 1:53.
-
Michele Bachmann lowered gas prices
The latest wackadoo claim from the gift that keeps on giving, Michelle Bachmann: Bonus crazy! Bachmann claims that oil pipelines cause wildlife to flourish: (Thanks LL!)
-
Canada P.M. reshuffles cabinet, lumps environment and economy together
Recently reelected Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reshuffled his cabinet Thursday, lumping the economy, environment, and energy security together into an environment ministry headed by former Industry Minister Jim Prentice. Harper also declared, “We want to work with the Americans on regulatory systems relating to greenhouse-gas emissions in order that we can work toward […]
-
Obama notes global warming as an issue that he and McCain should work on together post-election
Last night on The Daily Show, John Stewart asked Barack Obama what issues he could envision working on with rival John McCain after the election, regardless of who wins next week. Obama noted global warming as a distinct problem they should address together. “I hope that after the election we can work together, because some […]
-
Surveys show Americans more concerned about energy prices than environment
Raise your hand if you’re more worried about gas prices than climate change. Voters continue to cite global climate change as one of several key issues that will affect their vote in this year’s election, but a broad range of opinion surveys conducted in the final months of the 2008 campaign reaffirm that economic issues […]
