Copenhagen: Lump of Coal for Obama? (w/ poll)

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Saturday December 19, 2009 · 2:03 PM PST

2009/12/19 · 14:03

Even before the final statements have been made at Copenhagen, the criticisms are underway. Many of them well deserved. But what should we make of Obama?

The temptation to blame Obama is great. We are running out of time and no one outside of the Exxon-Inhofe school of thought believes Copenhagen’s results are adequate. While some elements are hopeful – such as the $100 billion the US put on the table - the US’ anemic 17% of 2005 by 2020 and China’s ambiguous "carbon intensity" targets are nowhere near what is needed.

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Why was Copenhagen's result weak?

82 votes Vote Now!

Why was Copenhagen's result weak?

President Obama didn't try hard enough

9 votes

Exxon and their crew

2 votes

Reality-challenged social conservatives hold sway in the Senate

9 votes

Climate activists are too narrowly focused

10 votes

Developing countries asking for too much

9 votes

Rich countries offering too little

25 votes

Who knows? We're f*ck'd

18 votes

Van Jones: This was personal and a request

Arjuna

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Monday September 07, 2009 · 11:14 AM PDT

2009/09/07 · 11:14

We know the image created by Fox News commentators about Jones couldn’t be further from the truth.

Van's story - from young man angered by the Rodney King beating to White House advisor ensuring we create good jobs to rebuild communities and keep vulnerable kids out of prison - is one that we should all be celebrating and telling.

Van is a compassionate and inspiring leader. His vision of a prosperous America, innovative, safeguarding of our resources, and filled with opportunity is one I share and what led me to join the movement I apply myself towards today.

Arjuna

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 7:32 AM PDT

2008/10/05 · 07:32

Bailout not withstanding the economy is clearly in recession, probably globally. Auto sales are down 15-30% and soaring job losses - 159,000 non-farm payroll jobs lost nationally in September. It's fair to ask where things are headed with the nascent green economy.

Arjuna

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Friday October 03, 2008 · 5:21 PM PDT

2008/10/03 · 17:21

Regardless of how one views the bailout, there was a major piece of good news for the climate - the passage with the bill signed today of the renewable energy incentives long-stalled in Congress.

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Will we rollback the hideous coal subsidies?

23 votes Vote Now!

Will we rollback the hideous coal subsidies?

Yes, absolutely. We'll have the right leadership.

4 votes

Yes but it will be a slog. It's going to be a battle.

10 votes

Sure hope so

3 votes

No, we're toast

6 votes

AIG deal saves Goldman Sachs $20B

Arjuna

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 11:08 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 23:08

Little noticed here was the Sunday report in the NYT of how Treasury Secretary Paulson's bailout of AIG is connected to his former firm Goldman Sachs. Turns out that the failure of AIG would have cost Sachs $20 billion.

But following a meeting between Paulson and Goldman Sach's CEO Lloyd Blankfein, AIG was saved.
Chris Martenson notes:

1. Only one Wall Street executive was in the war room, and he was from Goldman Sachs (GS), the firm Paulson headed up before becoming Treasury Secretary.
2. Lehman, with whom GS did not have an overly large trading position, was allowed to go under.
3. AIG, with whom GS did have a large position, was handed an $85 billion handout.

That was sure convenient!

Some kind of bailout is probably needed. But it should have real oversight, true CEO caps on CURRENT CEO contracts, and a funding mechanism like a stock transaction fee.

Greening Netroots Nation 2008 (tips from Burning Man)

Arjuna

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Wednesday August 15, 2007 · 8:20 AM PDT

2007/08/15 · 08:20

YearlyKos was great but I was disappointed at the lack of 'greeness' to the event.

A friend passed along all the steps being taken at this year's Burning Man, event.

For those of you who don't know Burning Man, it's a huge event of 25,000+ every August to the Black Rock desert in Nevada. After the event, you'd never know anything happened there.

Updated: TreeHugger radio on Burning Man greening plans

Tips below the fold...

Arjuna

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Monday August 06, 2007 · 5:23 PM PDT

2007/08/06 · 17:23

I didn't make it last year so this was my first pass. It was terrific and special thanks go to all the folks who worked very hard to make it happen - including handling the major last minute snafus.

I offer what were highlights for me and opportunities for next year.

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For next year's Netroots Nation we especially need to

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For next year's Netroots Nation we especially need to

have more participants self-organize content

3 votes

be carbon neutral

6 votes

have more allies participating

0 votes

organize concretely on the presidential race

3 votes

all of the above

20 votes

Climate Movement Building: Continuing Gaps (w/ poll)

Arjuna

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Thursday June 21, 2007 · 8:44 AM PDT

2007/06/21 · 08:44

Despite a huge upsurge in media attention to global warming in 2006, driven largely but not exclusively by Al Gore and "An Inconvenient Truth", and the changed dynamics in Congress the climate movement remains far from where it needs to be. Public opinion has shifted but not nearly what we need. There is some momentum building in Congress. Champions like Boxer and Pelosi are making a heroic effort but while it appears that there may be some progress the scale of changes required are opposed even among some key Democrats like Levin and Dingell. With the divided Senate and BushCo it’s unclear if anything good will happen before 2009. The question here is what are the gaps we need to fill?

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How do we fill the gaps?

17 votes Vote Now!

How do we fill the gaps?

There aren't any gaps in the strategy

0 votes

These are not the most serious

0 votes

The Big enviros will sort it out

0 votes

Business will save us

1 vote

Religious groups will save us

0 votes

It has to come from the bottom, let's do it

16 votes

Global Warming: forums for grassroots strategizing?

Arjuna

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Saturday June 02, 2007 · 2:16 PM PDT

2007/06/02 · 14:16

Over the last few months Ken Ward had a series of terrific posts on Gristmill regarding the scale of our challenge and strategic considerations.

From my neck of the woods it seems like pieces of a successful strategy are in motion. But there are significant missing pieces including a sufficiently broad grassroots movement.

My question, where are people discussing strategy?

More below the fold.

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Is there a successful global warming strategy being executed by activists?

10 votes Vote Now!

Is there a successful global warming strategy being executed by activists?

Not remotely

4 votes

Yes and it's working

0 votes

Piecemeal

5 votes

Not with any of the big enviros

1 vote

It will be defined by religious groups

0 votes

I've got it but no one is listening

0 votes

Report from The Climate Project/Al Gore (updated)

Arjuna

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Saturday December 09, 2006 · 11:13 AM PST

2006/12/09 · 11:13

I write this on my flight back to California from Tennessee after having completed the training for the Climate Project. As many of you are aware the Climate Project was launched by Al Gore to train 1,000 people to give his climate crisis presentation to community groups around the country to build a movement to save the planet.

I have taken many trainings in my career but this was different.

Arjuna

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Thursday December 07, 2006 · 11:57 PM PST

2006/12/07 · 23:57

I have taken many trainings in my career but this was different.

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Copenhagen: Lump of Coal for Obama? (w/ poll)

Van Jones: This was personal and a request

Economy, clean-tech and jobs

Bailout, election, renewables and the coal kitchen sink

AIG deal saves Goldman Sachs $20B

Greening Netroots Nation 2008 (tips from Burning Man)

YearlyKos: Comments from the Peanut Gallery (with poll)

Climate Movement Building: Continuing Gaps (w/ poll)

Global Warming: forums for grassroots strategizing?

Report from The Climate Project/Al Gore (updated)

Report from The Climate Project (Al Gore)