The Climate Minute

The Climate Minute: Big week! EPA's Clean Energy Plan (PODCAST)

This was a great week for climate hawks. The Obama administration proposed new regulations on existing coal plants. The rules have lots of interesting implications.

There are a large number of interesting links to this story. Here are a few:

Check out the EPA's website or read the New York Times or find out what Bill McKibben thinks. Get our your yellow pad and read legal basis for the plan. You can even watch the EPA  Administrator announce the rules. A state by state list of cuts is here. Why the rules are so business friendly is here. Joe Romm suggests some ideas on what else needs to be done. An analogy of fossil fuel to tobacco is here. Some discussion on possible comments and activist opinion is here. Of course ALEC is trying to  cause trouble.

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

 

p.s, Thanks to D.R. Tucker, we have this great list of raw links to check out. Have fun!

 

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/03/318414868/gop-demonizes-once-favored-cap-and-trade-policy

http://legal-planet.org/2014/06/02/epa-releases-section-111d-rule-for-existing-power-plants/

http://www.vox.com/2014/6/1/5770226/june-2-is-the-most-important-day-of-obamas-second-term

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/02/3443593/obama-historic-action-on-climate-change/

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/8d49f7ad4bbcf4ef852573590040b7f6/c45baade030b640785257ceb003f3ac3!OpenDocument

http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/the-epas-new-move-to-combat-climate-change-272184899833#

http://www.msnbc.com/ronan-farrow/watch/climate-plan-sparks-political-battle-272217155734#

http://www.msnbc.com/the-reid-report/watch/will-new-epa-rules-hurt-dems-in-the-midterms-272266307506

http://www.msnbc.com/now-with-alex-wagner/watch/obama-s-major-move-to-save-the-planet-272297539507

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/are-new-energy-rules-death-knell-coal-industry-n120786

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=74tffDL1I_g

http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/will-climate-plan-have-measurable-impact-272283715920

http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/taking-action-to-cut-carbon-emissions-272371779518

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/critics-say-carbon-limit-comes-with-hefty-price-tag/

http://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/gop-slams-new-rules-to-slash-carbon-emissions-272449603571# 

http://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/matthews-on-the-gops-i-know-nothin-stance-272448579580 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TBwQq2lhIJ8&feature=youtu.be

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-climate-change-272458819887

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/epa-unveils-historic-carbon-regulations-272459331929

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/new-pollution-rules-bring-chicken-littles-272491587835

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/new-pollution-rules-hailed-by-bush-epa-head-272480323535

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/epa-chief-defends-price-white-house-plan-cut-carbon-emissions/

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/02/318266801/with-new-epa-rules-mccarthy-sees-economic-upside-in-health-savings

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/epa-guidelines-30-percent-carbon-dioxide-emissions-reduction-23964098

http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/debunking-the-medias-misguided-epa-coverage-273051203510#

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/politics/obama-epa-rule-coal-carbon-pollution-power-plants.html?hp&_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/opinion/nearing-a-climate-legacy.html?hp&rref=opinion

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-epa-coal-plant-proposal-is-the-right-step/2014/06/02/8df3b0de-ea7e-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-epas-emissions-plan-should-be-just-the-beginning/2014/06/02/640cd838-ea9a-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-epa-carbon-emissions-20140603-story.html

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2014/06/02/epa-carbon-rules-offer-new-credibility-climate-change/9W26OzgFZoIqC2YzyYQHQI/story.html

http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2014/06/04/should-epas-proposed-carbon-pollution-rule-be-tougher/

The Climate Minute: Outside the fence, but inside New York (PODCAST)

Lots of news this week. Divestment is sweeping Massachusetts, and Bill McKibben issued a call for action in NYC this September. (Read more commentary here, but note the correction that there will be NO civil disobedience.)

The Obama administration will soon release regulations limiting carbon pollution from existing electric power plants. Here is some analysis of what the rules might do.

Billionaire Tom Steyer will put money into this fall's election in order to make climate a real issue. We discuss what it means.

Pope Francis seems to be getting greener all the time, and even the National Catholic Reporter calls climate change the church’s number one pro-life issue.

 

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre

The Climate Minute: Big Win, SCOTUS backs EPA (PODCAST)

This was a big week for climate hawks.

 

The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA’s method of controlling pollution from Midwestern coal plants was constitutional.  You can read about the decision and some further analysis. The decision is good news for the Obama administration's  climate plan to be announced in June, since the ruling safeguards the methods the EPA will use in the future.  Even Forbes thought it was a big deal.

 

Divestment is an ongoing issue, and DR reported on events at Harvard.

 

The  Koch Brother seem to have declared war on solar power.  Even the New York Times opined against it.

 

The media has botched the coverage of the Supreme Court’s ruling (even according to right wing critics)  just as it has the whole issue of climate change . Jon Stewart skewers CNN - watch if you want a laugh.

 

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre