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DNC: Biden's time
By Kate Sheppard
After formally receiving the nomination as Barack Obama's running mate, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden took the stage. His speech focused on his middle-class roots and the lessons he learned from his parents, and transitioned into emphasizing...
DNC: When Kerry attacks
By David Roberts
John Kerry came out swinging tonight, calling for, among other things, "an energy revolution."
The best riff in the speech was a comparison between Senator McCain and Candidate McCain. He talked about McCain's many flip-flops (including on drilling) and capped it off with: "talk...
DNC: Kerry on McCain
By Kate Sheppard
Former presidential candidate and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on McCain's changing policies: "Candidate McCain criticizes the climate change bill that Sen. McCain wrote ... talk about being for it before you're against it. Before he debates Barack Obama, John McCain should finish the...
DNC: The other Clinton speaks
By Kate Sheppard
Bill Clinton took the stage this evening to thunderous applause and chants of "Bill, Bill, Bill." "I'm here, first, to support Barack Obama," he began. "And I'm here to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden."
He then touched on the tough battle between his wife, Hillary Clinton, and...
DNC: Clinton warming
By David Roberts
Bill Clinton on the primary: "That campaign created so much heat, it increased global warming."
UPDATE: Clinton knocked it out of the park -- his speech was just as good, in its way, as Hillary's. Full-throated support for Obama, his characteristic historical context-setting, and...
DNC: The wind beneath the wing
By Kate Sheppard
I stopped by a press conference yesterday for Vestas, the wind energy company, where state leaders were hailing the company's recent investment in Colorado. Vestas has plans for four major manufacturing plants in Colorado where they will build the components of wind turbines like...
DNC: Reid on energy
By Kate Sheppard
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is giving a speech on energy issues right now. But I can't hear anything! He's so ... quiet. The guy next to me just said, "Man, whoever's talking sucks." I don't know if it does in fact suck, since I can't really hear, but what I can make out seems...
Grist goes to Slow Food Nation
By Tom Philpott
Starting Friday, I'll be reporting from Slow Food Nation, a big, multifaceted food confab in San Francisco.
What exactly is it? I'll let you know when I figure it out. The event features both Slow Food royalty (Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, Carlo Petrini) and Slow Food critics (like...
DNC: Yay for T. Boone!
By David Roberts
I'm here at an panel on the Pickens Plan, featuring Carl Pope of the Sierra Club, John Podesta of the Center for American Progress, and T. Boone himself. (And I have internet access!)
Most interesting tidbit to come from the panel: T. Boone had a 30 second commercial that began,...
DNC: The green scene
By Kate Sheppard
As David has noted, the thing to know about being in Denver right now is that it's a madhouse. There are more people and events here than one could possibly imagine. And things are spread out all over the city. I logged six miles on the bike I borrowed from Freewheelin just running...
Game. Set. Green!
By Sara Barz
The court is green, the ball is green, and now the tournament is green as well. United States Tennis Association officials announced Monday that they would implement "green initiatives" at the 2008 U.S. Open to make the tournament one of the first green sporting events in the tennis...
Hurricane McCain
By Joseph Romm
That subhead is lifted from Drudge. Needless to say, he left out " ... and on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, where both Bush and McCain were AWOL" (see TP's "As Katrina hit, McCain celebrated 69th birthday with Bush").
Track the storm with the National Hurricane...
DNC: Sign of the airtimes
By Joseph Romm
Andrew Jones -- former Rocky Mountain Institute colleague and systems-dynamic modeler extraordinaire at the Sustainability Institute -- asks if I could write something "from a D.C. insider perspective" about why we shouldn't be freaking out that climate change is getting so little...
Yakety yak, will Brita take 'em back?
By Ashley Braun
With so many tons of disposable plastic being sent to landfills these days, six ounces doesn't seem like a lot. Especially when you've bailed on bottled water in favor of a Brita pitcher and reusable bottle. But don't you still hate throwing out that filter every three months?
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