]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/political Blog Articles Tagged with 'political' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/139562?rsstype=tag&tag=political If you don't watch the debates on CNN, you are really missing something. CNN has set up a dial group of uncommitted Ohio voters. At the bottom of the screen CNN then shows the graph of the reaction by men and women as they rate statements they like... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/139562?rsstype=tag&tag=political Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:03:19 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139517?rsstype=tag&tag=political By Kate SheppardCoal production at the Blacksville No. 2 Mine in Monongalia County, W.Va., came to a halt for one day last week when all the miners stayed home in protest after a National Rifle Association camera crew tried to get them to bad-mouth B... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139517?rsstype=tag&tag=political Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:47:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/139455?rsstype=tag&tag=political More than a third of the world's species are threatened with extinction, according to the latest international biodiversity assessment from the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, considered the authority on th... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/139455?rsstype=tag&tag=political Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:27:42 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/139425?rsstype=tag&tag=political Van Jones is one busy man. Based in Oakland, CA, the civil rights and environmental activist has been working tirelessly for the last decade and a half first as the co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, then Color of Change tw... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/139425?rsstype=tag&tag=political Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:07:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/139316?rsstype=tag&tag=political by Adam Stein A few weeks ago, I made some guesses about how the big picture trends in the economy would affect the development of clean energy. And though it's still early days for the financial crisis, so far my guesses look pretty good.The Times ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/139316?rsstype=tag&tag=political Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:11:06 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/139275?rsstype=tag&tag=political Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed:Reuters: Nuclear power back on German political agenda Although there is no prospect Germany will build new nuclear stations, there are signs some closures could be put on hold. Energ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/139275?rsstype=tag&tag=political Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:21:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139248?rsstype=tag&tag=political By Joseph RommThe New York Times Magazine has a long article on how uber-VC Kleiner Perkins is helping to jumpstart the clean-tech revolution. It is a must-read because what Kleiner and other VCs are doing -- pushing a broad spectrum of carbon-mitig... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139248?rsstype=tag&tag=political Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:53:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/139193?rsstype=tag&tag=political Van Jones is one timely man. With the economic crisis spurring a new search for ways to revitalize and rebuild our flagging economy, Van Jones, the founder and president of Green For All, is ready with answers: a national commitment to green econom... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/139193?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:06:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/139466?rsstype=tag&tag=political A Chilean wine palm, one of the world's southernmost palm species and endemic to Chile, spills sweet sap as it is cut. It falls to the ground, where up to 800 litres of the sugary liquid are then extracted and boiled to concentrate the sugar, making ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/139466?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:21:13 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139145?rsstype=tag&tag=political By Kate Sheppard Heather Zichal. Barack Obama's campaign has a deep bench when it comes to climate and energy policy, one that includes scientists, policy wonks, and economists. On July 20, Obama added Heather Zichal to the team as policy dir... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139145?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:31:31 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139146?rsstype=tag&tag=political By Adam BrowningFor those who can't get enough of political debates, here's another of note. Andrew Rice is the Democratic nominee challenging Sen. James Inhofe (R) of Oklahoma for his Senate seat. They are holding their first -- and only -- debate o... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139146?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:10:32 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/139168?rsstype=tag&tag=political San Francisco -- Back in 2003, when John McCain was on his book tour, he stood up at the Tattered Cover bookstore in Denver and told the audience, There is absolutely nothing Karl Rove will stop at to hold power, and George Bush will let him. McCai... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/139168?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:04:40 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139149?rsstype=tag&tag=political By Van JonesThis post originally ran on Wonk Room. ----- At best, the federal government's bail out of Wall Street will help the U.S. economy -- which is already in a ditch -- avoid a total meltdown. Fine. Now we need a plan to jumpstart the econom... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139149?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:00:48 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/139081?rsstype=tag&tag=political The Guardian's normally intelligent and balanced Sunday Observer spilled a lot of ink over genetically modified food. But unlike North America, at least they have a debate, we just get served. Here are a few links:The war over GM is back. Is the trut... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/139081?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:29:19 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/139094?rsstype=tag&tag=political As the New Yorker highlighted in their recent article Stolen Forests, illegal logging is a major problem -- causing deforestation, supporting criminal groups, etc. As my colleague Jacob Scherr highlights, it is also a threat to indigenous communiti... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/139094?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:27:19 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/139342?rsstype=tag&tag=political As the New Yorker highlighted in their recent article Stolen Forests, illegal logging is a major problem -- causing deforestation, supporting criminal groups, etc. As my colleague Jacob Scherr highlights, it is also a threat to indigenous communiti... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/139342?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:27:19 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/139070?rsstype=tag&tag=political John McCain's new coziness with Big Oil is in many respects just a replay of his old coziness with Charles Keating. In both cases, money and access bought influence. Let's start with oil.Last month, Time reported that McCain tapped a prominent W... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/139070?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:02:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139067?rsstype=tag&tag=political By Kate Sheppard The New Republic looks at Sarah Palin's record as governor of Alaska, focusing on toxic waste and the health of the state's residents. The state has a rate of birth-defects twice the national average, and many believe it's because of... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139067?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:36:46 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/139008?rsstype=tag&tag=political Would she or wouldn't she? To tell from the lavish some would say obsessive coverage that preceded the vice-presidential debate in St. Louis, Missouri, last week, the question that was on every self-respecting pundit's mind was: How, or, t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/139008?rsstype=tag&tag=political Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:26:37 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/138745?rsstype=tag&tag=political Six hundred adults living in private households in the state of Indiana recently were asked the extent to which they supported State subsidy of co-called clean coal projects. The results were surprising, but make sense in light of recent develop... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/138745?rsstype=tag&tag=political Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:25:43 -0400