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  Green Party Question

  The question is, where is the Green Party right now. Al Gore and Barack Obama may support environmental issues, but only the Green Party can frame all of the challenges we face in an environmental context. Third parties challenge the mainstream to consider innovative alternatives and options. Unfortunately, the Green Party isn't doing a good job of participating in this Presidential election.

  http://www.greenpieceblog.com/2008/04/what-happened-to-ou ...On Obama just can't quit Gore posted 1 year, 7 months ago 4 Responses

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  This isn't a first

  I've been covering these EPA fiascoes for a while on my blog. The amount of political influence going on at the EPA right now is unthinkable. The Supreme Court has issued a command to the EPA and the EPA has failed to perform, these states and groups have every right to sue. Good for them!

  By the way, I thought it was 18 states who were suing.

  http://www.greenpieceblog.com/2008/04/states-sue-bush-ove ...On EPA sued over its procrastination posted 1 year, 7 months ago 3 Responses

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  The role of the Endangered Species Act

  I think its important to point out that sometimes we are limited by the laws that give us our authority.

  Unfortunately, the Endangered Species Act is a safety net. Its triggered by an unsustainable level of a particular species. There is no law that gives authority to the Fish and Wildlife Service to step in when long term threats are forecasted but have not yet materialized.

  Many people are confused by this. Probably because it seems counterintuitive to wait until a species is threatened or endangered to begin protecting the habitat from negative impacts. But this is the system that is in place.

  It is an outdated system that emphasizes specific threats, like deforestation, rather than diffuse threats, like global warming. It measures the success of a species rehabilitation in sheer numbers rather than the overall balance of the ecosystem. Finally, it doesn't sufficiently account for the range of factors that contribute to the shifts in population numbers of a species.

  Just thought I'd point that out.

  www.greenpieceblog.comOn Wolf recovery chief Ed Bangs talks about the species' delisting posted 1 year, 7 months ago 5 Responses

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  McCain's Environmentalist VP

  It makes my heart sink to think that McCain can speak so eloquently about our need for renewable energy sources and to stop greenhouse gas emissions one moment, then go silent on these issues now to court conservatives. How are we ever going to really accomplish anything if these politicians have no courage and no conviction. The only solace is that the two names floating around as possible VP choices by McCain have actually accomplished something on the environment.

  http://www.greenpieceblog.com/2008/03/mccains-environment ...

  You can sign the petition urging McCain to make his campaign carbon neutral here...

  http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/gocarbonneutralOn Bush's refusal to consider clean technologies could be repeated by McCain posted 1 year, 8 months ago 7 Responses

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  Obama's Coal Obsession

  Obama represents Illinois in the US Senate. Illinois has a coal and agricultural based economy which means it is concerned about ethanol and coal energy. Obama says he would stand-up to lobbyists and special interests, but time and time again he has supported coal and ethanol producers rather than clean, renewable energy sources. Doesn't this make him the enemy of the environmental community?

  I did a blog entry about Obama's love for coal here...
  http://www.greenpieceblog.com/2008/03/president-obamas-en ...

  And you can sign the petition urging the McCain and Obama campaigns to go carbon neutral here...
  http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/gocarbonneutral
  On Three related stories about coal power posted 1 year, 8 months ago 16 Responses