Mother Jones: How green are the campaigns?

[maximusveritas]

Interesting article on what the campaigns are doing to reduce their environmental footprints.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/01/campaign-carbon-footprints.html

What's funny is the difference between the Democratic candidates who pretty much all buy offsets and the Republican candidates:

McCain - Rides the "No Surrender" bus. The nearly broke candidate flies commercial when possible. The campaign asked its landlord in Arlington, Virginia, to shut off the AC when its HQ is empty.

Romney - His campaign notes that it recycles and uses mugs instead of paper cups. Woohoo!

Giuliani Campaign rep - "I used to work for Schwarzenegger and was asked this question all the time. No one has asked me this question since I started working for Giuliani."

Paul - Did not return our calls. Does spam have a carbon footprint?

Thompson - Mother Jones: We are researching the candidates' environmental impact and what they are doing to minimize their footprints.
Thompson Campaign rep: (Silence)

[flvegan]

1. Well, I have to say that Kucinich

"Kucinich Flies commercial and rides public transit when possible. His campaign wants to roll out energy-efficient, vegetable-oil-cooled computers housed in Plexiglas tanks. No, really."

That's from the article, for what it's worth, right?

He's also vegan. Huge step. Bigger than Gore will make or even address.

Just sayin'.

Flamesuit on.