Instead of me popping off the five most important, most-visited, or my otherwise favorite environmental politics blogs I’ll just start us off with a couple of good ones and why I like them. Then we want you to tell us what you all are reading and why you are reading them for your environmental politics fix.
Open Thread: Blog Day 2008 – Your Favorite Environmental Politics Blogs
August 31, 2008 By 5 Comments
Scrapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies Can Decrease Emissions
August 31, 2008 By 1 Comment
The UNEP has recommended that fossil fuel subsidies should be scrapped, and that in doing so could not only decrease the amount of greenhouse gases, but also give a “not insignificant boost to the global economy.”
Gore’s DNC Speech: Our Oil Dependence MUST CHANGE
August 31, 2008 By 2 Comments
Thursday night was Barack Obama’s night, and when he delivered his magnificent capstone speech, he hit one out of the ballpark with the bases loaded.
But former Vice President Al Gore was on fire.
Too Much Dutch! American Dependency on Wind Power Spawns Mass Emigration from the Netherlands
August 31, 2008 By 4 Comments
Gas Prices, Gustav and the Future of Offshore Drilling
August 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
An August 29th article on Science Daily explains how hurricane’s Katrina and Rita can give us insight into some offshore drilling issues should Gustav cause damage in the Gulf of Mexico. The findings of Dr. Satish Nagarajaiah, Rice University professor, studied the damage to offshore drilling platforms following the 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As [...]
Australia, Iceland, and U.S. Partner for Advancement of Geothermal Technology
August 30, 2008 By 4 Comments
The partnership will certainly make use of Iceland’s experience with geothermal energy. Together with hydropower, the tiny island nation in the North Atlantic gets 99% of its electricity from renewables.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaks on Energy, the Environment, and Obama at DNC Sunfest [w/video]
August 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and President of Waterkeeper Alliance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave an impassioned a solar energy event held at Coors Field in Denver during the Democratic National Convention.
Bill Clinton, Harry Reid, and T. Boone Pickens Team Up on Energy Policy? Then It’s Surely a Crisis.
August 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
You wouldn’t necessarily expect Bill Clinton and the Democratic party to have very much in common with oilman and 2004 “Swift Boat” funder T. Boone Pickens (who helped finance the ads that slighted John Kerry’s service in Vietnam during the last presidential election), but these are strange times we live in.
Why Palin is a Bad Choice for the Environment
August 29, 2008 By 16 Comments
Ask yourself this question. Does Sarah Palin believe that the polar bear should not have been listed as endangered because it is not based “on the best scientific and commercial data available,” or because it gets in her way of drilling in Alaska?
Can the Democrats Win in the West?
August 29, 2008 By 5 Comments
Two election cycles ago there were no Republican governors, today there are seven western states with Democratic governors, and if you include the plains-states of Kansas and Oklahoma, the total becomes nine Democratic governors west of the Mississippi.
