Posts by Suemedha Sood

First appeared March 4, 2008
Usually I limit my blogging to environment-related topics, but this was just too good to be true (though I assure you, it is). Tom Waits’ publicist verified last night that Waits is in fact going on tour this summer. It will be a U.S. and European tour, with no dates determined [...]

Energy-saving measures are a win-win for the environment and for superintendents’ budgets.

President-elect Barack Obama is emphasizing green investment. Though he wasn’t the only candidate talking green during the campaign, he was the chief beneficiary of the “environmental” vote.

Sen. Barack Obama promised millions of new green jobs and energy independence — tough goals to meet in the short term.

It’s not just the government that’s considering bailing out the auto industry. Several utilities executives are considering ordering thousands of plug-in electric cars.

President-elect Obama has said that energy will be a top priority for his administration in its first 100 days — hinting that it will come second only to the economy.
In the past year, the Obama campaign has made a lot of promises on energy, related to jobs, climate change, clean energy, gas prices and [...]

Many are fascinated by the behind-the-scenes campaign news/gossip reported in Newsweek’s election special. One of the more interesting tidbits to me was that both candidates were somewhat uncomfortable with the format of the presidential debates.
Newsweek reports this quote from Barack Obama while he was preparing for a debate — a quote which, as an environment [...]

Art’s post today highlights the concern in the scientific community that President-elect Barack Obama could appoint an EPA head who would politicize science as much as Stephen Johnson has. Science bloggers, Art says, are raising red flags about environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is on Obama’s short list for the position.
Just wanted to [...]

I feel compelled to link to The Onion’s hilarious lede today.
From its awesome bit of fake news, entitled, “Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress”:

As someone who’s lived almost my entire life in Virginia, this election means a great deal to me, as it does to most voters in the state.
For the first time since 1964, Virginia is in play in a presidential election. Many residents are surprised to see Virginia shaded blue on some electoral maps. The state [...]