Don't Go Green

(via Yglesias) A great column from the Ex-Dir of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network ... addressing, really, the free loader problem.

Don't spend an hour changing your light bulbs. Don't take a day to caulk your windows. Instead, pick up a phone, open a laptop, or travel to a U.S. Senate office near you and turn the tables: "What are the 10 green statutes you're working on to save the planet, Senator?"

Of course, that assumes our political institutions are capable of making change - and change drastic enough to make a difference.