gristmill.grist.org - 2/19/2009
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This element of Obama's impending energy policy hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves. If he does it right, it could be the secret weapon that kills new coal plants for good -- with far greater certainty than a middling cap-and-trade program. Obama has always said, to those who were ...
gristmill.grist.org - 2/16/2009
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George Will is supposedly one of the reality-based
conservatives, who eschews the willful know-nothingism of some of...
his ideological co-travelers. Yet today, as he has many times before, he uses his perch on the Washington Post editorial page to lie ...
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George Will is an idiot | Gristmill: The environmental ...
gristmill.grist.org - 2/18/2009
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Someday, everyone will agree with me It's amazing
how long people like this ... (People who write...
articles that end with a request that carbon tax be considered. Not dividend-of-existing-C-tax-first, just C tax. Dividend is mentioned but not the ...
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Concern trolling from the WaPo | Gristmill: The ...
gristmill.grist.org - 2/13/2009
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The $789 billion economic-recovery bill looks good in
terms of green spending, according to preliminary analysis from...
the Center for American Progress. The House and Senate reached agreement on the bill on Wednesday and are expected to approve it by ...
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A green-tinged stimulus bill | Gristmill: The ...
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Tackling carbon emissions
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... Massachusetts v. E.P.A., is April 2, and there is the wide expectation that she will act by then. The result of Jackson's reporting will largely be the beginning of the process, not the end. As the NYT noted, if the EPA finds that "carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant to be regulated under the Clean Air Act, it would set off one of the most extensive regulatory rule makings in history." For that matter, it would also offer Congress a swift kick in the backside. David Roberts has a very good piece on this, and explains the possibility of a sea-change with the new ...
The EPA, Climate Change, and You
Matthew Yglesias —
Two great Dave Roberts posts at Grist, one here and one here help us understand the significance of yesterday’s announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency is going to start following the law and regulating CO2 emissions under the Clean Air Act. Joe Romm at Climate Progress also has more on this. ...
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WSJ.com: Washington Wire 2/19/2009
Henry J. Pulizzi reports on the White House.
President Barack Obama , the nation’s first urban president, named Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion to head up a new White House office devoted to U.S. cities.
The White House ...
Canada hearts Obama —
CNN Political Ticker 2/19/2009
Chants of “Yes we can! Yes we can!” could be heard as thousands of Canadians lined the streets to greet Obama’s motorcade.
(CNN) – President Obama arrived in this snowy capital city for his first foreign trip greeted by 17 Canadian mounties – and ...
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