At least she gets that AGW thing (being scientificly educated), BUT,
being yet another Tsherman chancellor, she's a whore of the automobile industry. Now that EU wants to tighten CO2 emission standards, BMW etc. are whining like in the times when the catalysator was made obligatory. And Merkel of course stands behind the tech dinosaurs. And, of course, never will she allow a speed limit on the Autobahn.

Unlimited BS tech forever! Dont touch the holy Tsherman BS car!

Between Jones, Gore and Hansen, Hansen wins hands down. He has the most to lose by sticking his neck out. Jones is promoting growth, and even though he calls it "green growth", it is still more of what we need less of. Gore is great but late.  Hansen still has to abandon his faith in nukes but has come out against coal powered plants, which right now are the biggest threat of all (along with deforestation).  Gore hasn't proposed any specific solutions, and certainly none that challenge the dominant growth paradigm, and this is true of Jones too, who, like too many people, focuses more on economics than ecology and still has a lot to learn.

Lorna Salzman

These are all fine choices.  There are many different yardsticks by which to measure their respective virtues and accomplishments.  I pick Edwards, not just because I like him (but I like just about everyone on the list, in fact), but because in practical terms, his early, sophisticated statements have forced all the Democratic candidates to get up to speed; and so, whether or not he gets elected, he has done more, practically, than anyone so far to move us all in the direction of the desideratum of Al Gore (and many many others), that the US government must begin to show effective leadership.

I love Barbara Boxer, and very much wish she had become our first serious female candidate for president.

I do not have any sense at all yet of Kevin Rudd's personality, but I admire what he has already accomplished.  It is encouraging that the Australians have continued to express disapproval of the Japanese whaling mission, and have sent a vessel and an aircraft to observe the whalers.  Greenpeace has just sent word that the Japanese are backing down from their original intention to kill humpback whales.  No doubt Australian pressure played a part in that reversal.

Chickens are our cousins! So are fish! So are other sentient animals! Let us learn to be kind.

Although McKibben (like most of the nominees) has been active on the environmental scene for decades, 2007 was truly a banner year for him. With "Step It Up!" campaigns in both April and November, two new books on the shelves (Deep Economy and Fight Global Warming Now), and dozens of essays, articles, and book reviews, it's surprising McKibben seldom repeats himself (and that he finds time to sleep). Readers from the National Geographic (readership over 2 million) to the "elephant journal," from the Washington Post to the Gristmill blog have been educated, moved, mortified, and most importantly, inspired to act by his smart yet always humble journalism.