Democratic National Convention
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Criticizes McCain’s changes on climate legislation
Former presidential candidate and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on McCain’s changing policies: “Candidate McCain criticizes the climate change bill that Sen. McCain wrote … talk about being for it before you’re against it. Before he debates Barack Obama, John McCain should finish the debate with himself.”
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Bill Clinton puts his support behind Obama, says he’s ready to take on the nation’s challenges
Bill Clinton took the stage this evening to thunderous applause and chants of “Bill, Bill, Bill.” “I’m here, first, to support Barack Obama,” he began. “And I’m here to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden.” He then touched on the tough battle between his wife, Hillary Clinton, and Obama: “That campaign created so much […]
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DNC: Clinton warming
Bill Clinton on the primary: “That campaign created so much heat, it increased global warming.” UPDATE: Clinton knocked it out of the park — his speech was just as good, in its way, as Hillary’s. Full-throated support for Obama, his characteristic historical context-setting, and as a bonus, several mentions of global warming as one of […]
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Colorado celebrates wind investment, but calls for more legislative support from Washington
I stopped by a press conference yesterday for Vestas, the wind energy company, where state leaders were hailing the company’s recent investment in Colorado. Vestas has plans for four major manufacturing plants in Colorado where they will build the components of wind turbines like blades to towers. They estimate that the plants will create 2,500 […]
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What’s he saying?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is giving a speech on energy issues right now. But I can’t hear anything! He’s so … quiet. The guy next to me just said, “Man, whoever’s talking sucks.” I don’t know if it does in fact suck, since I can’t really hear, but what I can make out seems […]
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Grist blogger goes in the tank for evil Texas oilman
I’m here at an panel on the Pickens Plan, featuring Carl Pope of the Sierra Club, John Podesta of the Center for American Progress, and T. Boone himself. (And I have internet access!) Most interesting tidbit to come from the panel: T. Boone had a 30 second commercial that began, "Iran is moving its vehicle […]
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Photos reveal dueling agendas on energy at the Democratic convention
A few photos I’ve snapped here in Denver this week:
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Energy is all the rage at this year’s gathering
As David has noted, the thing to know about being in Denver right now is that it’s a madhouse. There are more people and events here than one could possibly imagine. And things are spread out all over the city. I logged six miles on the bike I borrowed from Freewheelin just running around downtown […]
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Should you freak out at the lack of airtime for climate change in Denver — or Minneapolis?
Andrew Jones — former Rocky Mountain Institute colleague and systems-dynamic modeler extraordinaire at the Sustainability Institute — asks if I could write something “from a D.C. insider perspective” about why we shouldn’t be freaking out that climate change is getting so little airtime at the Democratic National Convention? Actually, Drew, getting people to freak out […]