Lisa Jackson

Battle at Coal River Mountain explodes

The Battle at Coal River Mountain has officially begun. At the same time President Obama invoked the “legacy of daring men and women” in our nation’s quest for renewable energy initiatives, and as millions of concerned citizens rallied in support of 350.org climate change events around the world this weekend, Big Coal bulldozers reportedly clear […]

Jeff Biggers Climate & Energy

Greens have finally got the Big Mo

Paul Krugman had a post the other day on the “aura of inevitability” and how it finally seems to be working for progressives instead of against them. I think he’s on to something. Summer was brutal for greens. “Cap and tax” attacks were bouncing around the Foxosphere. House Dems were getting killed back home for […]

David Roberts Politics

Will EPA veto or regulate the plunder of Appalachia?

Big News: In a historic move, Lisa Jackson’s EPA threw down the gauntlet on mountaintop removal mining last Friday — after they had just compromised on another massively destructive mountaintop removal operation. Is this the beginning of the end of the plunder of Appalachia — or is the EPA moving sideways to regulate what its […]

Jeff Biggers Climate & Energy

You can only manage what you measure

A decade ago, health-conscious consumers forced manufacturers to list nutritional information on food packages. Weâ€™ll soon be able to make buying decisions based on carbon content too - - taming our waistlines and â€œwaste linesâ€ at the same time.

Terry Tamminen Technology

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) [UPDATED]

Chuck Grassley Sen. Chuck Grassley has dodged and weaved when asked whether climate change is a human-caused problem that needs to be taken seriously, as David Roberts points out. Grassley exhibited that same tendency in an email he sent recently to constituent (and Grist reader) Ben Thompson, who had asked the senator about his views […]

Grist staff Politics

American companies tell Senate “We Can Lead” on clean energy

Hundreds of business executives are descending on Washington this week in support of a clean energy economy. Calling for investment in American jobs instead of global warming pollution, the CEOs participating in the Business Advocacy Day for Jobs & Competitiveness — an effort organized by the new We Can Lead coalition — will tell the […]

Joseph Romm Uncategorized

AEI compares EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Clint Eastwood

In a bizarre pop-culture flip-flop, Kenneth Green of the American Enterprise Institute has compared the mild-mannered EPA administrator to Dirty Harry: You can just see Jackson standing there with a .44 magnum in her hand, and a steely glint in her eye, telling industry “You’ve got to ask yourself one question, ‘do I feel lucky?’ […]

Joseph Romm Politics

New EPA Rule Requirements

LOS ANGELES – U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce today in a keynote address at the California Governor’s Global Climate Summit that the Agency has taken a significant step to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act. The Administrator will announce a proposal requiring large industrial facilities that emit at […]