Barack Obama Cites Michael Pollan

SOURCE: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/obama-cites-michael-pollan.php
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama responded to Michael Pollan’s “Farmer in Chief” article (see ACLUSA blog files) in an interview with Joe Klein. He stated, “There is no better potential driver that pervades all aspects of our economy than a new energy economy. I was just reading an article in the New York Times [...]

Toward a Future Coalition: the Green Growth Alliance

By Van Jones
as appears in The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081117/jones
My background is in the struggles for racial justice and criminal justice reform. As such, I’ve always felt an affinity for Cinque, the hero of the slave-revolt movie Amistad. In that film, based on a true story, the righteous, enslaved Africans fight back and take over the slave ship.
The people [...]