Josh Dorner has an excellent post up on Gristmill about the alternative stimulus package that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is championing, which includes the tax incentives for clean energy and renewables that got cut out of the energy bill in December. The package, which would provide $5.7 billion in tax incentives for green […]
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard is a political reporter at Grist, and a former Prospect writing fellow.
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MCCAIN’S GREATER CAUSE.
The news media keeps The news media keeps picking up John McCain‘s line about how he can “motivate all Americans to serve a cause greater than self-interest,” a line I heard him use repeatedly in Florida last week. “Service” and a working for a cause greater than self-interest seems like a decent enough message — […]
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BLOOMBERG WATCH.
Though he Though he keeps denying that he’s entertaining the idea of running for president, the Associated Press reports that Michael Bloomberg “may soon begin a massive operation to get on the ballot in up to 15 states,” but he might not make a decision on running until May. “[A]ssociates say the mayor and his […]
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GOP MOVEMENT.
John McCain‘s success in the primaries so far should be proof of one thing: Republican voters are not as hard-line on immigration as the establishment would have you believe. Note how little it’s discussed these days, after it seemed to be the main talking point just a few months ago. Either the issue isn’t that […]
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LEND US YOUR THOUGHTS.
What do you think was the greatest weakness of the John Edwards campaign? We’ve got a What do you think was the greatest weakness of the John Edwards campaign? We’ve got a new poll up over at TAP election headquarters where you can weigh in. While you’re there, be sure to check out all our […]
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WHEN PANDERING AND POLICY COLLIDE.
At the Republican debate earlier this week, At the Republican debate earlier this week, all four candidates voiced support for California’s request for a waiver that would have allowed it and 15 other states to implement stronger automobile greenhouse emissions regulations than the federal government has set. The state’s request for a waiver was denied […]
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MOVEON ENDORSES OBAMA.
Barack Obama won the endorsement of MoveOn today, putting the support of one of the largest grassroots membership organizations in the country behind him heading into Tuesday’s contest. The endorsement comes as the result of an online poll, which he won with 70.4 of the vote to Clinton’s 29.6 percent. As Ari Melber points out […]
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HYPE, NOT HOPE.
The Bush administration is hosting another meeting of the world’s biggest polluters in Hawaii this week, in hopes of subverting the UN process for negotiating a new climate pact. This is the second “Major Economies” meeting in which they’ll be pushing for “voluntary measures” and “aspirational goals” to control climate change, and tout “technology” as […]
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MCCAIN: NO ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION.
The The McCain campaign sent out an email late last night announcing that the candidate will be receiving a “major endorsement” today in California. Of course, most are guessing that the endorsement is from Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is supported by the fact that two are slated to take part in an environmental event together today. […]
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2008: THE ANTI-APATHY YEAR.
With pretty much all the votes counted, it’s clear that turnout here in Florida yesterday was quite high on both sides. On the Democratic side, 1.7 million voters came out, or 47 percent of all those who cast votes yesterday. The GOP turnout was 1.9 million, or 53 percent of the total. This is big […]
