Question Earthority!

“In weighing the benefits of each nominee, conversation has largely focused on the various roles this candidate will have to fill: The candidate should be a safe choice, they say, able to help Sen. Obama gain an audience in parts of the south, and to lend him credibility on foreign policy — for many, the largest gap in the senator’s resume. Absent from this conversation has been a weighing the various VP candidates’ environmental record. Where there ought to be lively discussion, there is — listen closely now — crickets. This reflects a larger silence on climate change, in which the media trails far behind Americans’ climate concerns.” (08/19/08)