Green Options

I know people need to keep their jobs–but this is certainly a case of misdirected hostility…

Have you seen the comic art for the 2010 Union of Concerned Scientists Scientific Integrity Cartoons? Shown above is a cartoon about science and the Endangered Species Act.

The entire calendar shows how “the absurdity of political interference in science is ripe for lampooning-and serves as a constant reminder of how vigilant we must be in defending science from politics.” The comics also highlight the need for the new administration and Congress to create a thriving federal scientific enterprise.

An archive of my Big Coal cartoons. The pen is mightier than the sword (but probably not as mighty as the multi-billion dollar coal industry…).

Why did George Bush classify the spy satellite images of Barrow Alaska? What is making the ice up there melt? Why did Obama declassify these images? ENN (Earth Nightly News) has the story…

This is another  in our series of environmentally focused cartoons we are featuring from Seppo Leinonen a cartoonist from Finland. I met Seppo through Twitter @sepponet and loved his business oriented green cartoons - I think you will too!

902 mayors recently signed the Climate Protection Agreement–a pledge to meet the standards set by the Kyoto Protocol. Makes ya wonder, how many didn’t… and why not?

Welcome to the no spin zone… The future of renewable energy does not bode well with a candidate who was absent for the eight key votes to extend renewable energy tax credits.

With just about every report linking the increase in extreme weather to global warming, it was quite a coincidence that four tornadoes touched down near Denver on Sunday. With the Democratic National Convention beginning there on Monday, it seemed like an attempt by Mother Nature to remind the Democrats to treat climate change with the attention it deserves.

Tim Hurst’s recent article in Red, Green, and Blue highlights John McCain’s talk on taking care of the environment–in the case of the article, specifically as it relates to renewable energy.

Sorry John, but not showing up to cast the deciding vote on important energy incentives that would promote renewables, speaks louder than words I’m afraid. I’m also afraid that sometimes mere talk wins out…

According to the CIA World Factbook we have 1/22 of the world’s population but use 1/4 of the world’s oil!

The United Nations and the World Health Organization share that the average person in the developing world uses 2.64 gallons of water a day. The average person in the United Kingdom uses 35.66 gallons of water per day…

In a recent Grist interview with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi filmed after Al Gore’s speech to move to 100% renewable energy in the next ten years, Pelosi states the environmental impact of supporting Obama over McCain.