Get Energy Smart! NOW!

Every so often it is worth calling out and reminding oneself where it is worthwhile to go to get good thinking and information on energy and climate issues.

Here are a few such top-notch sites to spend time with:

Joe Romm, Climate Progress, will never fail to inflame your passion — very knowledgeable perspective delivered with wit in a (politely put) quite blunt manner. Combination of ‘news’ and analysis.

Grist is a great “group” site, combination of paid reporters (see David Roberts) and posts from top-notch experts.

The Wonkroom provides a progressive focus on policy-related news, with Brad Johnson‘s reporting re climate issues very much worth paying attention to.

Real Climate is the critical site for peer review-quality work on energy and climate issues. In addition to their high-quality debunking work re climate change deniers, they often serve as an excellent ‘translation’ service between the scientific community and broader audiences.

Earth2Tech is a fun stop through site. Often with good analytical pieces, but with plenty of ‘blurbs’ that can bring to your attention items of (potential) interest.

The Oil Drum is, of course, a ‘must-pay attention to’ site those concerned about energy issues. Top-flight analytical pieces combined with knowledgeable and impassioned readers.

Solve Climate‘s excellent work, under the direction of David Sassoon, could be described as “the site for journalists to check out before writing an energy/environmental piece”. They bring energy/climate/science issues out in a way that many journalists find invaluable. Often have breaking ‘investigative’ pieces on critical issues (like their recent work on HFCs).

The Campaign for America’s Future blog has really stepped in recent months, with a collection of bloggers, who are highlighting issues related to green manufacturing and the linking of industrial policy with building a cleaner economy. (Check out Natasha Chart‘s work.)

Ahh … Inhabitat … when you need inspiring looks at actual and potential steps forward in our built environment, this is not a bad place to check in.

NRDC’s Switchboard has really moved up in recent months, in part due to Pete Altman’s excellent work.

It’s Getting Hot in Here, the voice of the Youth Climate Movement, is honestly uneven — which is what should be expected from any real group site On the other hand, they often feature voices and focus on items that don’t seem to find a home elsewhere on the web and have had plenty of stories that merit greater attention.

DeSmogBlog is De Place to get De Scoop on DeNiers.

Josh Nelson has an endless stream of great material at Enviroknow. And, well, HuffingtonPost Green has an endless stream, mainly from top-notch people

We should remember, those concerned about climate catastrophe are Only in it for the GOLD!

DC Action Factory provides you first-hand reporting of climate activism from the Halls of Congress and the alleys of DC (don’t know which is dirtier …).

Let’s be honest. Media reporting on energy and climate issues is, all too often, abysmal. Media Matters helps keep journalists honest.

And, well, for that self-promotion: Shouldn’t we Get Energy Smart? Now?