Red, Green, and Blue

Blog Day was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. The idea is that on August 31 (today), participating blogs will “post a recommendation of 5 new blogs; preferably blogs that are different from their own culture, point of view and attitude.” I had completely forgotten about it until our friends at Max Gladwell reminded us.

In the spirit of collaborative politics, I’d like to make this a collaborative project. Here’s what I’m thinking; in stead of me popping off the five most important, most-visited, or my otherwise favorite environmental politics blogs (which I did an iteration of already), 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.

The universe of environmental politics blogs is ever-expanding, so keeping track of all the growth can be a dizzying enterprise. This project is all about spreading the word about good blogs, and in particular, about blogs that might fly under the radar of the “mainstream” green blogs. Obscure, international, and highly specialized blogs are encouraged and welcomed. This can even be an exercise in self-promotion. If you think your blog is a valuable source of information or analysis on the major themes found in environmental politics. Alright, let’s have at it!

Open Thread: Environmental Politics Blogs:

Hill Heat: Edited and published by “The Cunctator,” located in Washington, D.C., Hill Heat provides informative commentary and analysis of covering global warming developments on Capitol Hill. What I find particularly helpful is the complete listing of global-warming related congressional hearings and other events in and around D.C.

DeSmogBlog: With a tag-line like, “We’re here to clear the PR pollution that clouds the science of climate change,” what’s not to love? DeSmogBlog is loaded with well-written, timely, and insightful content. I particularly enjoy how they focus on covering the coverage and watching the watchers.

The Sietch Blog: Although I don’t visit as often as I used to (the same can be said for virtually all of the blogs I visit), the Sietch Blog always has something good in store for its dedicated cadre of readers. The blog focus is not only on environmental politics, but on clean tech, renewable energy, and the larger “green” movement. On any given day, you can find some good writing mixed with a smattering of video content and even a little humor thrown in for good measure.

I could keep going, but now it’s your turn…

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