]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/green-politics Green Politics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/78791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Washington, DC -- If George Bush were to cast himself as a Shakespearean character, I imagine he might choose Henry V, with his pre-sobriety life tracking the Falstaff period. But Iraq makes a perverse variant on Agincourt, so I'd pick Henry V's son,... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:27:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/78791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78767?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Change a perennial theme in presidential campaigns has taken on a more serious meaning this election season. Of all the promises being put forward by the presidential candidates, change may be the most frequent Change usually is a word u... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:37:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78767?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78748?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David RobertsIn an electoral year when climate policy will play an unusually high-profile role, the $35 million raised by coal front group ABEC seems like a daunting obstacle. Then again, all-purpose-right-wing-warmongering front group Freedom's ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:33:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78748?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/78757?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Flying is complex enough, so we try to make purchasing TerraPass flight offsets pretty simple. But if you've been searching around trying to get a more accurate handle on your carbon footprint, you may have noticed that lots of online calculators giv... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:33:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/78757?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78675?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Protoype of Arctic housing unit, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, October, 2007Perhaps it is a bit of both; Brock Junkin of Rankin inlet was inspired by the traditional Inuit practice of turning a summer hunting boat upside down for a winter shelter. Covey Isl... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:54:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78675?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78755?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David Roberts Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), notorious champion of Big Coal, has endorsed Barack Obama. Some greens are no doubt going to use this as evidence that Obama is too close to coal. I share the concern, but I don't think it's the most sensi... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:03:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78755?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78545?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David Roberts Full transcript under the fold:----- Barack Obama at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 20 Jan. 2008 The Scripture tells us that when Joshua and the Israelites arrived at the gates of Jericho, they could not enter. The walls of the... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:10:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78545?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78507?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By Joseph RommSo Kansas state House member Larry Powell has sent a copy of Fred Singer's lame denier treatise, Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, to every Kansas legislator. Of course, he sent one to Governor Sebelius, who denied a perm... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:12:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78507?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78483?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 In a celebration of fiction - a promotion of political spin - one of America's top sources for climate disinformation, the minority page of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, has received a top-of-class Gold Mouse Award from ... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:49:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78483?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78393?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 [Note: This post is slightly off topic.]Take it back, America bashers, or we'll sic Chuck Norris on you:Chuck Norris brought his tough-guy approach to the campaign trail Sunday, taking aim at John McCain's age and suggesting the Arizona senator migh... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:53:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78393?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78392?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By Aimee WittemanThis is the last installment of a five-part series of farm bill fact sheets from the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. For additional information about the status of sustainable agriculture priorities in the House and Senate version... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:35:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78392?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 The certificate presented to the President. At right, Bush's mom plants trees in Israel in the seventies.It turns out George W Bush left more than just traffic jams in the wake of his visit to Israel this month. Thirty-six new trees will adorn the ... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:51:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/78300?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Posted by Irene onboard the Esperanza Greenpeace/Jiri RezacThis is day nine of no whale killing in the Southern Ocean. We are still chasing the Nisshin Maru.The weather is getting rougher, but we have been spoiled with calm winds and waves for a l... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:34:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/78300?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/78264?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 I had never heard of it. But thanks to the Heritage Foundation, I found this backgrounder. In 1980 president (big government lacky) Carter formed a federal corporation with an $18B budget to solve the energy crisis in 5 years . They had targets t... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:59:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/78264?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78257?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 NOTE: As many have already noted, Michigan is mislabeled WisconsinWhile the coal industry continues to wield an unseemly amount of clout in shaping the political process, there are encouraging signs that its death grip may finally be loosening. Once ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78257?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David RobertsCNN is calling Nevada for Clinton and Romney. South Carolina is still going, but early reports tell of a Huckabee surge. UPDATE: NYT sez of Nevada: Clinton 51, Obama 45, Edwards 4 (ouch); Romney 53, Paul 13, McCain 13, Thompson 8, ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:32:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78244?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 The rest of the solutions discussion in Hell and High Water (paperback now at Amazon):We have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. President Bush, 2006In the absence of revolutiona... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:24:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78244?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78241?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David RobertsSpeaking of reasons climate legislation is going to be impossible this year: It's good to see the Washington Post pick up on the coal industry's massive lobbying effort. The focus is Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC), whic... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:20:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78241?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78242?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By Andrew Sharpless Citing national security, President Bush exempted the U.S. Navy from a judge's order to cease sonar use in areas frequented by marine mammals ... ... the National Marine Fisheries Service said that the Atlantic white marlin ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:19:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78242?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78166?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Two of the big paper companies in Japan have now admitted that they lied about the amount of recycled paper in their paper. Nippon Paper confessed first to false claims, admitting that it had been falsifying information since 1996. It had used only... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:40:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78166?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/78149?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Posted by Karli onboard the EsperanzaLast night I received a phone call from the second mate of the Sea Shepherd vessel, Steve Irwin. This is the second call we have received from their ship since we intercepted the whaling fleet last Saturday, in bo... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:09:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/78149?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78107?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David RobertsJohn Dingell says getting climate legislation done this year will verge on impossible (sub rqd), what with the compressed schedule and the presidential and Congressional elections. Oh, and also because Republicans are gearing up to... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:50:53 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78107?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78108?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By Kurt Michael Friese Creating a food system that is good, clean, and fair involves more than the buy-local mantra and the anti-Monsanto-ADM-WalMart rhetoric I and so many others constantly chanting. Sometimes even more evil and insidious obsta... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:16:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78108?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Less than a day after Canadian Transportation Minister Lawrence Cannon announced the possibility of strict new auto emission standards, the newspapers are already filled with threats of dramatic car price increases. The spin season has begun again... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:18:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78057?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 The combative, thin-skinned and dishonest Dr. Tim Ball has launched a very personal attack on a Prince George, B.C. academic who has had the temerity to question Ball's grasp of climate science.In what has become a typical presentation, global warm... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:28:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78057?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78037?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 E&E News (subs. req'd) has a good article on the prospects for climate legislation in an election year note at the end that House Republicans are going to oppose any serious, mandatory action:Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) sees this year's wide-open... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:50:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78037?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78040?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 [Ed. note: This is the second of two guest posts (here's Part I) by Katie Carpenter, a Discovery Hot House producer. Part of the original group trained to give Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' slide show, she recently met up with the other climate c... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:09:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78040?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78306?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 A group backed by the coal industry and its utility allies is waging a $35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climat... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:45:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78306?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78043?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 We've had a Seen In series going for a few years now, in which TreeHuggers post on a particular eco-friendly (ahem) product or topic that they randomly passed by on the street. This Seen in Seattle photo wasn't personally snapped by ... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:30:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78043?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78048?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 In spite of San Francisco's enlightening example, and Australia and China and other nations' plans for all-out bans on plastic bags, the world still uses a million of the suckers each minute. In Sweden 70% of surveyed consumers support a ban on plast... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:33:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78048?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77985?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David RobertsHe is sane. ... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:21:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77985?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77925?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David RobertsA certain faction of young progressive bloggers is fond of the notion of Barack Obama picking Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate. She is a successful, popular, progressive governor in a red state, and has shown a real t... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:53:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77925?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77898?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 [Ed. note: This is the first of two guest posts by Katie Carpenter, a Discovery Hot House producer. Part of the original group trained to give Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' slide show, she recently met up with the other climate crusaders to updat... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:45:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77898?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77899?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 The world's scientific community has determined that global warming is a human-caused crisis of the highest order, threatening our economic prosperity, international security, environmental stability, and the survival of millions. The need to act is... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:12:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77899?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/77864?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 I've been loosely following developments in the debate about whether or not the Navy should be allowed to use sonar during anti-submarine warfare training exercises and was a bit surprised to learn that President Bush moved to exempt the Navy from th... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:39:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/77864?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/77896?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 School censors a top climate scientist in Montana.The New York Times reports today that Steven Running, a professor at the University of Montana, was blocked from giving a presentation to high school students in the Rocky Mountain Front town of Chote... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/77896?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77841?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 If you're very lucky, you may have a chance to see one particularly provocative play that's on tour right now. It's called The Boycott, and its premise is over this thought: what if the absence of global warming policy could mobilize women to practi... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:43:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77841?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/77786?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 On his arrival in Riyadh on January 15th, President Bush urged Saudi king Abdullah to put more crude oil on the world market, warning that soaring prices could cause an economic slowdown in the United States, and weaken the housing market. ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:11:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/77786?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77768?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By JMGAs the letter below indicates, OMB Watch has spent a lot of time on defense since the Supreme Court installed W (they use W so he can spell it properly) in 2000. The group fights for government openness and accountability and supports the non... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:01:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77768?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/77747?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach was in Washington, DC today hyping his province's vast reserves of oil-soaked tar sands. Not everyone was applauding Stelmach, and rightly so. According to news reports, Stelmach, bemoaned wha... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:27:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/77747?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77719?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By Eric de Place This is one of those weeks when it feels like things are changing fast. Here are two stories that caught my attention: A panel organized by Congress -- the melodically-named National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue ... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:57:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77719?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78309?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 If only we could get every candidate to be this bold on the dirtiest of energy producers.Here's what Democrat Presidential candidate John Edwards stated last night in the Nevada Democrat debate: I'd go another step that at least I haven't heard thes... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:53:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78309?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77725?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By Tom PhilpottBush has been doing some fast talking in the court of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, imploring His Majesty to boost oil production to so that gas prices for U.S. consumers can come down in time for the fall election. As part of his c... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:17:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77725?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/77758?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Gail E. Tverberg, The Oil Drum. A statement last night by President Bush raises questions about the reasonableness of future world oil production estimates by EIA and IEA: If [the Saudis] don't have a lot of additional oil to put on the market, it i... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:06:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/77758?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78310?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Kansas coal kings have set up another front group to fight back against an October decision to block construction of two coal-fired electricity generators.The Alliance for Sound Energy Policy advertises itself as a statewide, non-partisan organiza... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:23:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78310?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77675?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David RobertsThe Green Party assembled in the counterintuitive location of San Francisco recently for its presidential debate, wherein ex-Dem Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was joined by this cast of luminaries: The other three candidates incl... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:16:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77675?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dateline-earth/77683?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Less than two weeks after a California judge put limits on Navy sonar use near whales, President Bush says compliance ain't necessary... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:10:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dateline-earth/77683?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77641?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 The President who said America is addicted to oil now begs the Saudis for another fix. Like some binge-drinking, pill-popping starlet is there any other kind? the President is prostrate before his top foreign dealer, begging for ... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:03:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77641?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77633?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 By David RobertsThe more I see of Newt Gingrich's conservative environmentalism, the less impressive it seems. The guy's offering run of the mill, crony capitalist conservatism with a shabby green paint job. The two top-tier public policy approac... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:37:18 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77633?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/77614?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54 Climate change hasn't generated much controversy in the US presidential campaign, yet, but that could change, based on the latest observations of the global climate. In separate reports, preliminary tallies of the average global temperature in 2007 p... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:16:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/77614?rsstype=populararticles&cid=54