The Top 50 Eco Blogs

FROM DARYL HANNAH AND AL GORE TO THE SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE VERY BEST OF THE WEB

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When it comes to the green debate, the blogosphere is, frankly, a scary place. With opinions ranging from the wise to the wacky, gaining an understanding of the current issues and debates can be an exhausting affair.

With this in mind, Green Central has spent countless hours, days and months scouring the web to bring to you our top 50 blogs. The sheer diversity of the groups is staggering; some sites offer a new perspective through complex analysis of climate change science, while others undertake to make sense of the problem via the medium of poetry.

Did we manage to find the best? Well, we hope so - but if you've think we've missed any out, please leave us a comment and we'll take a look.

Research by Adam Taylor and Lucia Adams

1. The must-reads

Grist Mill
The green blog from the other side of the pond. Grist Mill has dozens of posts a day, a veritable army of contributors and is as happy number crunching as it is doing the fun stuff. A must-RSS.

Treehugger
Bringing environmental issues to the mainstream, Treehugger has been described as a “green CNN”, and is determined to be one of the most professional and popular green blogs. Posts such as How to Green Your Sex Life ensure that no aspect of environmental living is left unexplored.

Digg/Environment
Another must-RSS, this news gathering blog brings you in the main environmental stories from the States. You can also see which posts were the most popular in the past day, week, month and year. Just in case you're wondering, a post on big holes was the third most popular.

The Sietch Blog
Proof that ‘eco warriors’ need not be humourless party poopers, the Sietch Blog is the voice of the Sietch Community ('A community of friends changing the world for the better'). It presents serious information and analysis, as well as light-hearted stories, such as the bicycle forklift.

Celsias
This well designed blog is high on posts but low on opinionated comment, making it a great place to read about green issues and make up your own mind. Direct action is in the form of the odd 'open letter' such as this one to Hillary Clinton

2. The news blogs

Climate Debate Daily
From the makers of Arts & Letters Daily, Climate Debate Daily claims to offer a new way to understand disputes about global warming. It rounds up news and gives equal voice to the dissenters and the activists and as such is a great place to go for varying interpretations of the latest happenings.

Dot Earth
This New York Times blog has lots of news reports on the effects of rising population and limited resources. Posts such as Making Fuel From Air link to the latest scientific research.

Hugg 2.0
Hugg allows people to upload stories themselves; you ‘Hugg’ the stories you find useful, and browse the directory to find out what interests other green readers. You may need to do some sifting to find genuinely interesting posts, however.

Guardian Unlimited - Climate Change blog
Takes you behind the headlines with wide ranging posts: from 'Where's our renewables revolution?' which accuses the government of being all talk and no action, to 'Watching the offsetters' which asks whether a voluntary code of conduct make us any more confident when choosing a carbon offset scheme.

In Balance
A British blog which looks at current issues such as carbon tax, ethical funds and whether a Hummer uses less energy than a Prius.

3. Policy, economics and energy

Common Tragedies
An American perspective on the economic impact of climate change from research assistants at Resources for the Future.

Energy Outlook
A meaty blog written by energy consultant Geoffrey Styles. Interesting posts look at the effect of a US recession on gasoline demand and how measuring a car's fuel consumption per dollar, rather than per gallon, might make us think about our travelling habits more.

Transition Culture
This blog looks at reskilling as a way to survive past the end of the oil age. The writer has studied and taught permaculture (the practice of creating horticulture practices that are in tune with nature and hence permanent). And he's found a new, efficient way to peel an egg.

Off Grid
Partly activist and partly dedicated to saving the planet and money, Off Grid does what it says on the tin. Find out how to eco-pimp your home and drop off the grid.

EnviroWonk
Sister of gadget site EcoGeek, EnviroWonk takes a look at US politics and international environmental policy.  A recent post of note is this one referring to that small matter of elections in America, asking 'how oily is your candidate?'

4. The scientists

Real Climate
Run by working climate scientists, the Real Climate blog offers a level of expertise that can make it a little daunting (see, for example, Tropical cyclone history - part II: Paleotempestology still in its infancy). However, the site benefits by having talented scientists write for those with little scientific knowledge, and the explanations have a level of credibility that many other blogs lack, so it's a great place to gen up.

Stoat
Certainly a unique voice in environmental blogging, William M. Connolley manages to take a lighter approach to climate change science.

Logical Science
Lots of science-based innovations offering potential solutions to the eco problem.

Skeptical Science
A website dedicated to looking at and debunking the arguments of sceptics. It is great for refuting typical arguments, such as 'It’s freaking cold!'. We particularly love the skeptic-ometer.

5. The macro activists

Greenpeace
It would be foolish not to mention one of the biggest names in environmental activism here. While the organisation has been criticised for various reasons with varying degrees of legitimacy, there is no denying it is hugely influential, and its weblog keeps one well aware of issues.

Green Girls Global
When the lauded and much missed eco blog City Hippy ended in 2006, former editor Vicky decided to form a new blog to discuss ethical and environmental issues. That her fellow founding editors were female lead to the blog name, but male readers should not worry too much, a Green Guys Global launched last year for male guest writers and editors.

De Smog Blog
Set up by Jim Hoggan, the president of a leading Canadian PR firm, De Smog Blog’s aim is to "clear the PR pollution that is clouding the science on climate change". Updated regularly throughout the day.

The Unsuitablog
Seeks to name and shame companies engaging in environmental hypocrisy. Check out the ‘subvertising’ gallery for advertising campaigns altered to expose environmental hypocrites.

6. The micro activists

Green Jelly Bean
A site dedicated to rounding up green events, eco campaigns and the practicalities of an individual trying to live a greener existence. Rather focused on Norfolk.

The Hedge Wizards Diary
The entertaining story of a family's move to the country and their attempt to move into the 'post Peak Oil era'. How to fetch poo, anyone?

Alice in Blogland
A personal, quirky site that focuses on a variety of issues, touching frequently upon green issues in a readable, and often humorous way. As she says herself, her blog is a collection of 'ramblings on allotments, trying to be green, goldfish, direct action and her neighbour's recalcitrant cat'.

7. Ways to live greener

Hippy Shopper
Billed as a 'guide to ethical consumerism', this blog aims to promote sustainable consumption with sections on fashion, food and drink, green gadgets and health and beauty. As it’s unlikely any of us are really going to start consuming less in today’s purchase-driven culture, this site could prove useful. See posts such as 'Sainsbury's makes clothes from own waste' and 'Apple introduces recycling scheme'

How can I recycle this?
The clue is in the title – tips for recycling a massive variety of wasted items, such as train tickets, styrofoam containers, or floppy disk boxes. Send in your own requests or ideas too.

The Green Thing Blog
Encourages members to do a different “green thing” every month, and tells the community about the results. Here's a very convincing argument for walking.

Eco Street
A blog offering inventive yet practical ways for people to reduce their carbon footprint, as well as interesting news on the subject. Find out how to recycle a washing machine drum into a cool Ottoman and find out why women are greener drivers than men

The City Fix
Exploring the future of urban growth and planning with an emphasis on sustainable outcomes such as Ikea cars and why bus passengers in Kilmarnock will be able to pay their fare with used cooking oil.

Plane Stupid
A blog (and also, amazingly, a group in real life) dedicated to exposing the ecological shortcomings of the airline industry. That shouldn't be too difficult.

Eco Worrier
OK, so it's a spot of shameless promotion for another Times Online blog, but Eco Worrier is a great place to  find greener ways to consume. Check out posts such as 'Ten Fairtrade products you didn't know existed' and 'what to do with unwanted shoes'

8. The sceptics

World Climate Report
Billing itself as the “Web’s Longest Running Climate Change Blog”, World Climate Report takes the position that global warming is occurring, but its results will be far, far less dramatic then has been supposed.

Climate Resistance
A site actively involved in standing up for climate change sceptics, Climate Resistance puts its points across eloquently and is not afraid to stand up to the Grists of this world. As they put it themselves, 'Neither the science nor the politics of climate change should be exempt from scrutiny'.

Climate Audit
A site taking an in-depth look at climate change data, this sceptical site (which holds issue with some of the data from climate change, but does not make the argument that climate change is a myth) is a heavy read for those without scientific knowledge, but a great way to see the details of the debate. Think graphs, maps and snapshots from space.

William M. Briggs
The site of US-based statistician Briggs, who seeks to question and evaluate the data involved in climate change theories, ultimately coming to quite different conclusions. Don't approach unless you're very comfortable with numbers. Check out statistics' dirtiest secret

Václav Klaus
From the president of the Czech Republic who says that 'environmentalism is a religion'. He collects together writings and speeches of famous and influential sceptics. Not the most updated of blogs, but Klaus has a country to run, so we'll let him off.

9. Eco inventions

Eco Geek
A look at innovations in green technology. Even those that don't work, such as this exploding wind turbine.

Eco Friend
Eco Friend largely looks at environmentally-aware inventions, such as the solar powered lighter, or the water powered calculator. How much use some of them are is another matter. We love this handy incredible solar powered digital survivor kit

10. Celebrity-earth love-ins

Ecorazzi
Taking the spirit of celeb rag Heat to eco-issues, this site looks at celeb gossip from the perspective of the green community. Think 'Prince Charles officially bans foie gras', plus what Heather Mills and George Clooney have to do with the green debate.

DH love life
One shouldn’t be put off by the celebrity (DH stands for Daryl Hannah in case you didn’t realise) - this site is well designed and well-informed: there's a news section and videos on a range of subjects from bio diesel to vegan junk food. Oh, and Hannah has fairly good eco credentials herself, having built her own house out of sustainable materials. She was also arrested in 2006 for protesting the demolition of an urban farm in LA.

11. The politicos

Al Gore
He needs no introduction, but his blog could do with a few more posts. Still, Al Gore's blog is a great way to keep up with the world's Green Superhero.

Jonathon Porritt
Writer, campaigner and environmentalist Porritt is getting in there with the online debate. (Not too sure about the picture at the top of his blog though - you don't see Daryl Hannah doing that, do you?)

Sian Berry
The Green Party’s candidate for London Mayor has a blog over at the New Statesman, which is a must-read for envionmentally-conscious Londoners.

12. The environment in art, pictures and essays

Nasa's earth observatory
OK, so not strictly speaking a blog (and unfortunately out of action at the time of publishing this post) this is THE place to go for your fix of satellite pictures of the weird planet we call home.

Nexus 6
Most notable for its cartoons, this blog takes a frequently absurd look at climate change, government refusal, and sceptics. No postings since February 13th though - where are you Nexus 6?

Horatio Algeranon’s Anonymusing Tales
One of the more bizarre entries on this list – this blog mixes science and poetry (To emit, or not to emit?) the subject of global warming.

Planet Ark
More rolling news in pictures than blog, Planet Ark takes a feed of Reuters' environmental pictures. The images are a graphic reminder of the changes taking place.

The Earth Blog
Errs on the side of tree-hugging environmental extremism, but has 'essays helping people to make a better future', and lots of useful links to other sites.

Comments

[Emma S]

Another one you overlooked:
http://www.fairhome.co.uk/

[Jeff Wilson]

There are positive solutions to every eco-problem. My family lives very lightly in 1000 square feet of heavily insulated home in southeastern Ohio, but we travel in the summer to show our kids wilderness areas across the country.

We walk/bike most of the rest of the year -- 3/4 of the mileage we rack up on a vehicle happens on the summer trip. See our "green" family solutions at www.greenfamilysummer.com -- not perfect, but a first step.

jeff

[Dean Morrison]

"Climate Debate Daily" should be classed as a sceptic site - by giving equal space to pro and anti arguments it effectively misrepresents the scientific debate - which has overwhelmingly accepted the reality of human induced global warming. Any scientific debate is now about the detail of that reality. If David Irving was tose
The financial backer of the site is not a climate scientist but an avowed sceptic.
If David Irving was to set up a site giving equal time to pro and anti holocaust arguments - would you give it credit as a your top 'news' site on the subject??

[Christie]

my personal favorite: http://www.tinychoices.com

[chilliflakes]

excellent post but the url is taking lot of time to open up

http://niftynseoptions.blogspot.com/

[Black Google]

Wow, awesome post... Thanks for the info... http://www.bloogle.com

[igre]

Nice list, thank you

[jason palmer]

just have less kids, see vhemt.org for more info

one pollutes less than 2,3,4,5

[Danny Proven]

Check out - one of my favourites . http://www.ajustlife.com Small and friendly blog that covers lots of issues and ideas

[Caesar]

Thanks for the well compiled list.

[Andrew]

Awesome list....

http://ihatemyhummer.com/

[Rebecca]

Great list! Don't miss the 9 blogs housed at http://www.care2.com/greenliving/blogs. It's nice to be able to browse through a bunch of perspectives at once.

[Bob Travis]

A good list, but a couple more:
http://wildlifedirect.org/blogsList.php
http://www.fairhome.co.uk/
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/

[Chad Rea]

A free idea exchange designed to instigate positive change by tapping into the collective power of creativity. Inspire at will.

[Michael]

For funny-yet-serious takes on the multiple slow-motion apocalypses underway (Climate Chaos, Resource Depletion, Plague/Virus, Species Collapse, Biology Breach, even Recovery), take a look at:

http://www.postapocology.com

All the news that scares us silly.

[Bill Fencken]

It would be helpful if you provided a link to an OPML file that had all the RSS feeds from the 50 blogs pre-linked. Yes?

[Timothy B - Best Green Blogs]

Wow, you can find these and many more Green & Sustainable themed blogs at Best Green Blogs! Now listing close to 500 blogs with the most recent postings from each one..

[Soap Nuts]

So many blogs, so many topics. It's hard to pick & choose which ones are worth spending your time on.

[Peter Simmons]

http://www.foolonthehill.oneworldnet.co.uk/index.php

[Peter Simmons]

A green blog without the usual reassurances - there there, it'll be allright if we just...
Environmental meltdown is coming folks and the fool on the hill sees the sun going down.

[Marcia R]

I love ThePanelist.com. They're the only site that seems to get that going green needs to be financially lucrative. And all of their blogs are original and well researched.

[Kevin]

Why is www.thepanelist.com not listed? A great website dedicated to ethical investing I check out every day...

[Eco Studio]

Not a blog but a great green community with loads of info and user participation.
www.ecobites.com

[Jonathan Dickson]

Why is www.junkscience.com not listed? It is really very good.
J.D..

[Ray Bishop]

Oh I forgot to mention, I have started discussions with Quint Redmond at http://www.agriburbia.com in Colorado regarding the development of my project.

Ray Bishop
Plant propagation with exponential growth
http://www.gardenia.net

[Ray Bishop]

My blog at www.gardenia.net describes the technique I have developed to quickly produce an enormous number of plants by combining cloning with exponential growth.

I believe the technique has enormous implications for food production and sustainable biofuel production.

Would you agree?

[Jessi]

Where's crunchychicken.blogspot.com?!?!

[Parsons Fronzhauf]

An interesting urban sustainability blog is http://www.hughbartling.com/blog/

They do good coverage of Canada, US, and climate change as well.

[Peter Lloyd]

Can't see why you picked Nexus 6. Just like 12yr-olds shouting at each other in the playground. Waste of time.

[Elf Inside]

You must have missed http://zerocarbonproject.com by accident, an excellent site about reforestation, carbon sequestration and the framework surrounding climate change.

[sandy]

How could you miss the "so what can I do .blogspot.com" blog? it's one of the best and should be on the top of your list.

[Peter]

Waving a small flag in the cause of doing more than talking:

http://junkk.blogspot.com/

But, being a blog (associated with reuse/repairs site http://www.junkk.com ), there's a fair bit of talking about doing (or not), too.

Some nice new links to follow, though, tx.

[Jaya]

www.ecofibres.co.uk
is a great website for promoting Ecological fibres
Hemp, Bamboo and Organic Cotton.

[Nick]

The Government is pushing incineration of household and municipal waste as a means of recovering energy in the form of electricity generation and heat for nearby households. However, it appears to be ignoring the health aspects from the emissions, despite there being much safer (and, apparently, cheaper) ways to deal with our waste, eg Plasma Gasification, which are being pushed by the US authorites. To ask Gordon Brown to look at the problem of the current generation of icinerators, you can sign the petition at
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/UK-Incineration/

[Thomas]

A great one is Joe Romm's blog:

www.climateprogress.org

Former energy advisor to the Clinton administration, great writer, knows what's he's talking about and is a fun read.

[Mark B.]

Here's an interesting blog of an American in New York City trying to reduce his 'carbon footprint'

http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/

[Charles]

Surprised you don't list http://www.mongabay.com which is a great environmental science news site

[Mike Donald]

Surprised no one's mentioned George Monbiot's blog as he's darn good on global warming issues.

http://www.monbiot.com/

Another favourite of mine is:

http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/

and

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SourceWatch

And no one's mentioned exxonsecrets directly. I think you should all stay in more.

As for that chappie criticising realclimate.org and applauding climate audit.

How wrong can someone be?

As for that icecap one the way thing's are going they'll need to change their name.

[joy]

how one sided is that list? Have any of your readers looked into the data for yourselves? Have you all relied on the "expert witness". You would all do well to read the facts before jumping on the green band wagon. You will all look very silly in the next few years. I would suggest ICECAP for one of the best sites on climate science.
It really is about time you started questioning the motivation of those pushing the AGW looney tune. You all see a conflict of interest of "sceptics" with"big oil money" but never see the ongoing racket pushed by Al Gore and similar. This amazes me but I watchfor the gradual or sudden climb down as those who believe in AGW start to engineer their way out of a dead end. Al peddles his cheap virtue, media sell their papers and certain governments get the chance to raise taxes with reference to a morral imperitive. Can you not see this deadly coinsidence of interests? I expect you are all too far gone for that

[Keith Farnish]

Supreme Master is an environmental hypocrite:

http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2008/03/31/ching-hai-supreme-masterof-hypocrisy/

[Kevin]

Found a great free online tv site on green living:

http://suprememastertv.com/

[Richard Marshall]

Check www.greenjobsonline.co.uk - a specialist job site for Renewable Energy and Environment jobs.

[gbruno]

I would be a tad careful about Arts & Letters Daily,
It originated from "Canterbury University’s philosophy professor Denis Dutton
who has been accused of being a CCD [Climate Change Denier] - nb I dont have any accumulated evidence of this,
just a vague memory of A&LD featuring a lot of conservative kind of "anti PC" stuff

Oddly enough, it seems that another New Zealander...
"SciTech Daily, the latter the labour of Dutton’s fellow Christchurch skeptic, Vicki Hide"
- nb I cant source that quote, and I find that STDaily is NOT a CCD
so form your own opinions.. I visit STD ofter, ALD vary rarely...

[Jenny Matthews]

What ever happened to that 1960's ethos to question everything? Why are a solid wall of scientists to be believed about any thing?

[rebecca hathaway]

I'm looking for any good stuff (either side of the argument) on wind turbines - particularly on shore wind turbines.

[PacificGatePost]

HOW ABOUT CONSENSUS ON SOME BASIC TERMINOLOGY? Then quit arguing over semantics and get on with the fix.

Our percepts regarding the boundless complexities of our globe’s climate are confusing and confused, and while there is little evidence of immanent consensus on cause and effect, there remains room for some broad based consensus with positive residual affect. Experts can’t agree, but we can. ...>

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/03/global-warming-global-cooling-consensus.html

[DrBubb]

Too narrow. They're Not holistic enough. You want to put the whole thing together: living greener, investing smarter, driving less. In short, redesigning your life and your investing so it will make sense in our Greener Future. That's the aim of GEI- helping people to do that.

[SustainAbler]

This is a thoughful, comprehensive list. We are just beginning to launch a co-created blog, called The Conversation, with the intent of making discussion of green/sustainability issues more inclusive. Let us know what you think it you have a chance. Thanks.

www.sustainabler.com

[Mike Southern]

>I am amazed at the ease at which the
>American populace have bought into>
>these bulbs.

Far from it; there is a huge reluctance to use these. They are a hazard (contain mercury - don't break them!), the light is unpleasant. Unfortunately Democrat State Governments are taking an initiative to make it ILLEGAL to use any other kind of bulb. The left wing propensity to make laws for everything strikes again.

We are stockpiling traditional bulbs, using them carefully, and assessing how we can divvy our power purchases away from oil and gas and into cleaner fuels such as wind and solar. Unfortunately - again - local Democrat Ted Kennedy has refused to consider wind farms in his neck of the Nantucket Sound, an otherwise perfect location. NIMBY. mike dot southern @ cox dot net

[Mike Southern]

Interesting that the graphic logo for "Green Central" includes a CFL bulb as part of the design.

This is synonymous with the lack of depth shown by everyone from Al Gore upward. On the face of it, these bulbs seem to be just the ticket; but try breaking one. In fact, DON'T - it could cost you 100 quid to clear up the mercury mess. The bulbs may be cheap but they are an enviro-hazard and given human beings' propensity to break bulbs at will, these could develop into far more of a hazard than the cost savings they are supposed to introduce.

Power awareness needs efficient power production, and efficient power consumption - but not to introduce yet more problems in doing either.

[Ceri Margerison]

http://ecologyandpolicy.blogspot.com/

[Ceri Margerison]

Ecology and Policy - the blog of the British Ecological Society's science policy team

[Lord Lawrence Howard Bixby]

I am amazed at the ease at which the American populace have bought into these bulbs. They only last longer if not turned off. If used as a conventional bulb their life expectancy is the same and their cost is 7 times that of a conventional bulb. Follow the money, this is all about setting up new government agencies to deal with disposal of the mercury in the bulbs, and with new agencies come gov. jobs. You are being duped into this by a non existant global warming crisis. As a matter of fact the globes temp. has dropped one whole degree over the last 12 months, but this won't be broadcast as there is money to be made by the boat loads from ignorant folks.

[augustine lofts]

I think the best green blog is luke walter's green column, it can be digested here:

http://www.inquirelive.co.uk/node/463

[NataLukas]

ART + ECOLOGY REATED BLOG

http://ecoreart.blogspot.com/

Blog delving into the field of ecological and reuse art.

[Trevor Bamford]

And for an australian point of view on how adopting the natural lifestyle can lead to a sustainable individual & global environmental health & wellbeing see: http://www.naturmama.com

[USA Akbar]

Forgot to mention junkscience.com

[Chistopher]

Inhabitat? http://www.inhabitat.com

Greener housing, transportation, clothing and so forth.

[Bruce]

What about forums? Are they too web 1.0 these days? :)

I use http://www.theenvironmentsite.org/forum/ because it touches on issues that most other places don't, like GM food, overpopulation and deforestation.

[CTLJenk]

WE NEED HELP!

We are a group of ordinary people, trying to save a beautiful green space near to our homes, from the threat of destruction by Thames Water, to install a sewage
tank. Plase take a look at our campaign blog and register your support. THANK YOU!
http://www.savedalyway.blogspot.com/

[Laurel Krause]

Really appreciate your Eco Blogs list and wish to add MendoCoastCurrent, a Micro Activist blog focusing on current cleantech and green news/information as it relates to creating and funding a cleantech test center on the Mendocino coast of Northern California.

Currently the small town of Fort Bragg, CA and its Stakeholders are attempting to manage a Wave Energy Pilot brought forward by Pacific Gas & Electric and the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

[sfenerule]

http://theenergyindependent.com/

[ForceChange.com]

BTW, we're located at:

http://ForceChange.com

[ForceChange.com]

This is an exciting time to be writing about the environment. There are a lot of interesting thoughts being exchanged online and this is only the beginning.

[Ross]

find a fresh dose of eco news and product reviews @
http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/

[Skeeter]

It's a shame that THE ENVIRONMENT IN COMIC VIDEOS was not a category! There's loads of great stuff on:

http://www.titangreens.com

If you haven't seen Planet Police or Daily Greens...you're missing out! :)

[Matt]

Thanks for the mention of Environment Solutions too; www.environmentsolutions.co.uk

[Matt]

Thanks for the mention of Environment Solutions too; www.environmentsolutions.co.uk

[Muffili]

Living in the north of England I am astonished that the energies of Pennine streams have not been exploited as well as wind power for generation of electricity.
In many places the water supply is reliable and the catchments areas are still somewhat preserved the water stock,is pretty good! For example on the upper Irwell,and the Calder valleys there is natural energy that used to power the millions of spindles and. looms that generated the massive cotton industry.
Do we need enormous hydro-stations in mountain areas to capture river energy? Rivers are prettier than wind generators!
They are attractive ofer leisure potential and certainly must have something to contribute.
Small scale operations could be organised by local authories. Why not?

[Paul]

Climate Audit and RealClimate are very different sites, with very different aims.

Climate Audit is rather technical in nature, looking critically at the scientific basis for the claims made by the "Warmers". It's not so much concerned with the causes of Global Warming, but rather with various aspects of climatological statistical analysis. It can be dry at times, but also extremely interesting at others. Its tone tends to be sceptical, and is somewhat critical of the way that climatology scientists go about their business - or, at least, some of them (the "Prima Donnas", like James Hansen, Gavin Schmitz, "Eli Rabbet", "Tramino").

Steve McIntyre, who runs the site, discourages ad hominen attacks, ruthlessly making sure that posters keep on topic, and breaking up "food fights" as he calls them. He appears to be trying to build bridges to the Climatology community. Dissenting views are welcomed, even encouraged. The overall tone is respectful, with an eagerness to learn and understand.

Contrast this with RealClimate. This was set up, amongst others, by Michael Mann, one of the people behind the notorious and entirely discredited "Hockey Stick". It's very much a site for true believers. Its tone is patronising, arrogant, offensive, and deeply insulting. It's clear that dissenting views are not welcomed. Ad hominem attacks are the order of the day. This approach, unfortunately, seems to be the norm on other AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) sites - such as Eli Rabbet's and Tramino's.

The AGW-ers have no love for Climate Audit - witness CLIMATECRIMINAL's defamatory and completely unwarrented comments below. I believe RealClimate even refuses to admit to the existence of Climate Audit, which may be because it was Climate Audit's Steve McIntyre, along with Ross McKitrik, who were first responsible for exposing the faulty mathematics behind Michael Mann's "Hockey Stick".

[ClimateCriminal]

Climate Audit also know as Climate Fraudit is well known for the tricks and manipulations that are clearly intended to deceive the unwary.

Climate Audit is a climate change denial website. It is not objective & scientific, but pseudo-scientific, in order to undermine climate science.

Try RealClimate for the science and DesmogBlog for guidance as to who is who in the Climate Disinformation industry and who pays for it.

[kelvyn richards]

All discussions about the environment and ecology are about how we ought to behave, and little about what we actually do. Many of them assume that the ways of living of the 'west' are acceptable with a little bit of change.
My new website 'Social Ecology - a new morality' links social ecology to how we think and what we do .
[www.kelvynrichards.com]

[azgreenday]

For some reason, our humble blog did not appear as a link, so let's try again. www.azgreenday.azcentral.com

[Dan]

We launched The Daily Green not quite a year ago, and I think we're worth a look for anyone interested in the great blogs listed here. We cover the day's news, provide recipes and tips to help go green, and produce a lot of original features you won't find anywhere else. Please take a look:
http://www.thedailygreen.com/

[Capricorn One]

For an overview of the latest in conservation research, visit Conservation Magazine's Journal Watch Online at http://journalwatch.conservationmagazine.org

[Capricorn One]

For an overview of the latest in conservation research, visit Conservation Magazine's Journal Watch Online at http://journalwatch.conservationmagazine.org

[Maurizio Morabito]

Go to "Omniclimate - The Unbearable Nakedness of Climate Change" for a different skeptical take

http://omniclimate.wordpress.com

[Rob Tiley]

check out energizingamerica.com. It has successfully predicted numerous trends in energy policy and talks about what really works

[Rob Tiley]

check out this blog. It has successfully predicted numerous trends in energy policy and talks about what really works.

[Jon]

http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk

[Jon]

gardenandgreen.co.uk covers gardening, greener living, nature conservation etc and has some great competitions.

[Nexus 6]

Thanks for the mention!

It's festival season here in good 'ol rAdelaide, South Australia. I've been busy drinking booze and sometimes attempting that sciency thing I'm supposed to be doing during daylight hours. Postings will be happenin' again in the very, very near future, kids!

And for the finest of fine climate blogs, may I humbly recommend:

Eli T Rabett
http://rabett.blogspot.com/

and Hansen's Bulldog (AKA Tamino)
http://tamino.wordpress.com/

[Matt]

Great list–lots of interesting stuff to explore out there.

[Green Electricity]

Great list of green blogs. I am a big fan of Tree Hugger and Off Grid. They both do a great job with research and showing you the facts.

[Brock]

Carbon Tax Center and its blog nicely lay out economic and technical details about cutting carbon with a heavy emphasis on the benefits of a carbon tax.

www.carbontax.org

[azgreenday]

We're crushed that our humble blog wasn't mentioned...azgreenday.azcentral.com

[marguerite manteau-rao]

How about La Marguerite? :)

http://lamarguerite.wordpress.com

[marguerite manteau-rao]

How about La Marguerite? :)

http://lamarguerite.wordpress.com

[arcadia]

THANKS for mentioning us over at Green Girls Global!!! There are a lot of other great blogs I'm going to visit soon. Great list.

[Joel Williams]

Well, we didn't make the list http://www.lifegoggles.com, but please take a look - maybe next time!? :)

[tp]

why is climate audit placed with the skeptics? The blog host hasn't given any indication that he indeed is one.

[Lou Grinzo]

If I may: The Cost of Energy

http://www.grinzo.com/energy/

[Ben Kenney]

What about podcasts? Here are a few:
theWatt Podcast: http://www.thewatt.com/tWP

Nature Podcasts: http://www.naturepodcasts.com/

[Rob Elliott]

How the "Globalisation and the environment" blog never made it into the top 50 I will never know.

http://globalisation-and-the-environment.blogspot.com/

[Maureen]

Thanks for the list! I knew about some of them but there are a lot of new ones for me to check out. I have added 25 more to your list on my blog on this post:

http://expatmusings.blogdrive.com/archive/744.html

[mark from TalkClimateChange]

Nice list. Maybe I'll even make it on there one day :-)

[Ian @ NRDC]

Nice list -- some here I didn't know about, and I'm always looking for more feedreader fodder.

Which brings me to the problem with this rapid proliferation of green media -- it's getting harder and harder to keep up with all the people worth reading on a regular basis. So I'll recommend one tool I've come to rely on: aideRSS [ http://aiderss.com ], a service that identifies the most talked-about and linked-to posts among all the blogs one reads. The "cream" rises to the top. Check it out.

Also have to throw in a pitch for the Natural Resources Defense Council's staff blog network, Switchboard [ http://switchboard.nrdc.org ]. The site's got some 40 full-time environmental advocates blogging for it now, drawing on NRDC's deep pool of scientists, attorneys and policy experts. And check out OnEarth Magazine's blog, while you're at it [ http://www.onearth.org/blog ].

[Bernie]

I missed the criteria for inclusion. Is it traffic? Recognition through web awards, etc? Or simply that the reporters found the site?

[Sylvain]

here are several forgotten blog:

In science policy:

Roger Pielke jr

http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/

Scientist

Roger Pielke sr

http://climatesci.org/

Sceptic scientist

Lubos Motl (though he is not only devoted to GW or ecology)

http://motls.blogspot.com/

and climate feedback

http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/

[Al Fin]

That's a simple-minded start, for someone unfamiliar with the web. Stick around a bit longer, you might learn something.
;-)

[Keith Farnish]

Wonder what would happen if I criticised The Times on The Unsuitablog? I'm walking a diplomatic tightrope ::-)

As for "Tree-hugging environmental extremism" (I write the Earth Blog too) - well, I'm beginning to think it's the only way we're going to see out this century.

Thanks for putting me on the list.

K.

[Tracy]

Thanks for the EcoStreet mention. Love the article.

[Katie Lee]

Thanks for the mention for Hippyshopper! Great article (though obviously I'm now biased!)