With the Democratic and Republican Presidential hopefuls gearing up their campaigns, politics are on a lot of peoples’ minds. Lucky for us, Grist has an excellent list of 15 of the globe’s best green politicians (with 4 additional runners-up), so should you happen to find yourself living in one of these areas, you have a better idea of who to vote for to clean your green conscience.
I’m happy to know two of the top 15 (and one runner up, to boot) represent me in various levels of government — but California’s already got a good rep as a pro-environment state. More surprising are inclusions like the mayor of red-state capital Salt Lake City and the leader of the British Conservative Party … and then there’s Helen Clark, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who wants to make her country the first completely carbon neutral nation on the planet.
Talk about ambitious…
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If you looked at this logically, it makes perfect sense to get rid of all gas fueled and CO2 emission vehicles immediately. I’d follow that with allowing (and dealing with) car companies to charge a minimum fee (say a $1000) for new Green cars (Hydrogen fuel or electric…or the new air cars) when you trade in your Fossil fueled vehicle. At the same time, go green with energy, mass transportation, and try to find ways of curbing the CO2 pollution by somehow reversing their overwhelming presence and boom…back on track.
Now if we could only get the politicians in on this…you know, without bathing in the blood of a million lobbyists.