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Keystone’s big mystery: What will John Kerry do?
Posted by Politico: Andrew Restuccia on February 1st, 2014
Politico: The fate of the Keystone XL oil pipeline is now in John Kerry's hands -- and greens say the secretary of state's legacy as a climate champion is at stake.
Kerry spent much of his Senate career at the center of the global warming debate, fighting an unsuccessful battle for climate legislation in the face of an often apathetic Congress. He wrote a 2007 book on environmentalism that included a chapter saying we face a "decisive decade' on climate change, and he warns in his speeches that the world...
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Can Obama pair Keystone, climate action?
Posted by Politico: Andrew Restuccia on February 8th, 2013
Politico: President Barack Obama is approaching two of the most crucial energy decisions of his presidency: Should he disappoint climate activists by approving the Keystone XL pipeline? And should he anger industry groups by imposing tough greenhouse gas limits on existing power plants?
But the president may have a third option: trying to placate both sides.
Greenlighting Keystone while he moves forward with the power plant regulations could limit the political fallout from either move, handing Republicans...
President Obama’s own words turn up heat on Keystone decision
Posted by Politico: Andrew Restuccia on January 23rd, 2013
Politico: President Barack Obama is in a pipeline pickle. The president’s call for action on climate change during Monday’s inaugural speech puts his upcoming decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline in an even brighter spotlight — pitting his pledge to tackle global warming against his stated commitment to an “all of the above” energy strategy. Republicans and industry groups will unleash a torrent of attacks on the president if he rejects the pipeline. And Keystone has strong support from some Democrats...
Will Obama punt again on climate change?
Posted by Politico: Andrew Restuccia on January 18th, 2013
Politico: Lofty words alone won't heal the Earth, but climate activists are still looking to President Barack Obama's inaugural speech on Monday for any sign that their cause has a place in an increasingly cluttered second-term agenda.
But here’s the reality check for the green movement: Obama has proposed no new strategy on climate, it’s unclear if one is in the works, and there’s no guarantee the issue will occupy a major place in the inaugural address or next month’s State of the Union. On alternative...
Al Gore: Hurricane Sandy is a global-warming warning
Posted by Politico: Andrew Restuccia on October 31st, 2012
Politico: Former vice president-turned-climate-change-activist Al Gore warned Tuesday that the storm that ravaged the East Coast Monday is "a disturbing sign of things to come.'
"We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather,' Gore said in a statement posted on his blog Tuesday afternoon.
Gore, one of the country's most high-profile advocates of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, compared this week's massive storm to 2010 floods that...