Daily Briefing - 3/5/07: Bush Administration, the UN, polar bears, and global warming

Tonight from 6:00-9:00pm the Department of Interior (1849 C Street, NW) will be holding a public hearing on whether the polar bear should be lsited as a threatened/endangered species. Please join us for what should be a riveting discussion!

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Daily Briefing – 3/5/07
609 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- Bush Administration estimates a steady increase in emissions over the next decade
o Graphic: Impact of Greenhouse Gas Policies
o Projecting a 19% rise
o Reaction from David Roberts at Grist
- Evangelical’s focus on climate draws fire of Christian right
- The UN’s war on global warming
- Nobel nominee says warming is a human rights issue
- UK Environmental Secretary outlines post-oil future
o Time for a green industrial revolution
- Europeans support greater EU action
- Climate change related malaria rise in Africa
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- National Journal’s 2006 Vote Ratings are out!
- Chapter 1 of Citizen K Street
Potential ‘08ers…
- Gingrich (getting serious at CPAC), Clinton and Obama (speechifying in Selma), Obama (the streak ends at 56!), Bloomberg (the waiting game), Edwards (taking advantage of some nastiness), Romney (new media more open), McCain (big gov’t McCain), Giuliani (what Giuliani will we see?), Giuliani (master o’ disaster), Clinton (urging healthcare for all),
- GOP candidates criticize Coulter slur
Other News from the Media
- We have 10 years to save the coast of Louisiana
- Alaska Governor questions science of polar bear listing
- Global markets continue to fall
- Not the maple sugar!!!
- U.S. and Brazil seek to promote ethanol in the West
- Oil innovations pump new life into old wells
…and the Blogosphere
- MYDD: Breaking down all the vote ratings
- Romney and Coulter, there’s a match for you
- National Review: Can movies do more than deliver a message?
- Grist:
o Good news from Antarctica
o Trade protection, biofuels, and the environment
o Report from Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit
o An early skirmish in the coming coal war
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- Patagonia in a new light
- Darwin’s God
- We eat horses?
- Stephen Colbert: Person of the Year
- Um, isn’t the point of Wikipedia is that it can be edited by WHOMEVER? Then why the need for this?
Quotes O’ the Day
"I have been called -- my kids are all aware of this -- dumb, crazy man, science abuser, Holocaust denier, villain of the month, hate-filled, warmonger, Neanderthal, Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun," he announced. "And I can just tell you that I wear some of those titles proudly." ~ Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)