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“Mean Joe green’s” Top 11 Environmental Cartoons of 2011

Below are the eleven most-clicked cartoons of 2011 (based on clicks from the sites where they were published–ie. Greenpeace, Wend Magazine, Center for Media and Democracy, ElephantJournal, PlanetSave, Ecopolitology, Ecolutionist, etc…).

Personally, I like a few different ones that didn’t make this list, but the people have spoken (or clicked). They are shared top to bottom in chronological order (oldest to newest) as opposed to order of popularity.

January 18, 2011 “The Aging Activist”

January 24, 2011 “The Republican Triple Threat”

February 23, 2011 “Loaded Breasts and Loaded Guns”

March 4, 2011 “A Special Thanks to Tim DeChristopher”

April 5, 2011 “What You Heard vs What you Remembered”

June 23, 2011 “The Green Republican”

This one inspired an email from the “Green Republican” himself. Bob Inglis wrote:
Joe, I love “The Green Republican.” My kids thought that the line “We’re kids, not idiots” was especially hilarious. Best regards, Bob

July 7, 2011 “‘Thinking’ Like a Climate Skeptic”

August 10, 2011 “Michelle Bachmann’s Lights are on but Nobody’s Home”

October 12, 2011 “Wrong and Wrongerer: How Both Sides of the Aisle Address Climate Change”

November 9, 2011 “Coal ‘Mine’”

November 22, 2011 “Tuna to Greenpeace: Help”

So as not to neglect my two favorite little ‘greenies’, the below cartoon was the most popular Hank D and the Bee cartoon from 2011. “D-U-M Dumb!”

Happy New year, all!
Looking forward to another year of eco-cartoonery…

Regards,
Joe Mohr (“Mean Joe green”)

Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and StumbleUpon page

Big Coal Shaping Public School Education–Really!

This cartoon was inspired by the Washington Post article, “Energy industry shapes lessons in public schools

Big Coal may be molding our youth with pro-coal propaganda, but worry not, Big Coal also offers a “green” video to teachers called “The Greening of Planet Earth,” which says that “our world is deficient in carbon dioxide, and a doubling of atmospheric CO2 is very beneficial.”

Doubling the CO2 is good for you. By you they mean their bottom line. Afterall, to Big Coal “you” are either a means to drive profit or block profit. They’re doing what they can to make sure our children do not grow up and do the latter. Of course, they’re also making sure our children grow up with an increased risk of asthma, premature death, and mercury-related illness.

Fortunately, the EPA just set new rules to limit mercury and other toxic emissions. As David Roberts of Grist states, “It will save tens of thousands of lives every year and prevent birth defects, learning disabilities, and respiratory diseases. It will make America a more decent, just, and humane place to live.”

David, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, must not have gone to a Coalementary School. However, these folks did!

Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and StumbleUpon page

Coal “Mine”

More on all things coal

From OpenSecrets.org: Coal Mining: Top Recipients (and MUCH more)
From Second Nature: Coal-Fired Plants Linked to Asthma (and the disprportionate amounts of coal-related asthma cases in the black community)
From Greenpeace: Climate Enemy #1: Coal
From Grist: We could replace coal power with geothermal—10 times over
From OnEarth: Coal on a Roll
From CoalTattoo: Jeff Goodell: ‘Coal more powerful today than ever’
From Mother Jones: Rick Perry’s Dirty Deals With Big Coal

Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and StumbleUpon page

What the Tea Party is really demanding


If only this group of angry shouters weren’t puppets in a larger game.

More on what’s behind the Tea Party

From Grist: Tea Party-backing Koch Industries is major carbon polluter
From Open Secrets: Oil and Gas–Influence and Lobbying
From Mother Jones: Rick Perry’s Dirty Deals With Big Coal

Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and StumbleUpon page

Take the Koch Challenge (cartoon)

More on Koch Industries

From SourceWatch: All About Koch Industries
From Greenpeace: Koch Industries: Still Fueling Climate Denial (2011 Update)
From Daily Kos: Koch Brothers Limerick & Song Challenge
From Me: Koch Brothers–Tilting at Clean Energy (cartoon and article=”cartoonicle”)

More on Coke

From SourceWatch: All About the Coca-Cola Company
From Slate: Coke and Pepsi’s plant-based bottles still damage the environment.
From Z Magazine: Coke Accountability
From InspiredLiving: Coke or Water

More on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)

From ALECexposed: Through ALEC, Global Corporations Are Scheming to Rewrite YOUR Rights and Boost THEIR Revenue

Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and StumbleUpon page

The Republican triple threat


Look who’s behind the people you support

What to read

From Grist: We can’t beat China at cleantech as long as GOP keeps kissing fossil-fuel ass
From Ecopolitology: Koch Brothers–Tilting at Clean Energy
From The Inspired Economist: Koch Industries Exploits Unemployment Rate to Support Big Oil Agenda
From PlanetSave: Greenpeace Exposes Oil Industry’s Really Dirty Face
Grist again: Where the GOP presidential contenders stand on climate

The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons.

The Future of the Earth in 127 Hours

It shouldn’t be this hard to kick the coal habit.

Unfortunately, fighting against billionaires and their subsidy-driven profits takes some time. Don’t fret, we’ll come out of it clean.
…we just may be a bit bloody and limb-less.

Related info:
Ecopolitology’s Coal article archive
My Coal cartoon archive (with great links to more info)
King Coal wins the midterms

Big Oil and Big Coal’s Favorite Toy

Find me a liberal in the Big Coal and/or Oil biz and I’ll never draw another cartoon again!

Republican governor candidates deny climate change
On climate change, it’s the Republicans versus reality

CO2 Isn’t Good for You…It’s GREAT!!! (cartoon)

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 10/01/09

Mean Joe Green #75: CO2 Isn’t Good for You…It’s GREAT!!!

It’s true! According to the very intelligent folks at CO2isgreen, who have direct ties to Oil and Coal industry big wigs, more CO2 is better for us!

The Oil and Coal industries both have unlimited amounts of money, the bulk of which–I am certain–goes to research and development to make this world a better, cleaner place. So if they start a campaign called CO2isgreen with ads stating well-researched facts such as, “Higher CO2 levels than we have today would help the earth’s ecosystems…” and “more CO2 results in a ‘greener’ earth.” then, doggummit, I believe them (and I’m sure Bill McKibben does as well)!

Scroll down please. This cartoon is two panels, one on top of the other.

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Old King Coal’s New Nursery Rhyme (cartoon)

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 9/24/09
Mean Joe Green #74: Old King Coal’s New Nursery Rhyme.
Will we be able to move away from dirty fossil fuels to new clean energy sources in the near future? Not if Old King Coal has his way…

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Talks Dirty Coal at Bonnaroo, and More (audio)

Hunger Strike Protest for Coal and Oil (cartoon)

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 9/2/09

Mean Joe Green #72: Hunger Strike for Coal and Oil

Given the recent track record of Bonner and Associates (fake letter writing, fake health care opponents, phony “FACES” of Coal…) this tactic may very well be next.

Related Articles

Greenpeace Exposes Oil Industry’s Really Dirty Face
Bonner’s Dishonest Tactics Date Back a Decade Plus
Bonner & Associates: the long and undemocratic history of astroturfing

Mean Joe Green #70: Big Coal Claims Climate Bill Unfair

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 8/7/09

10 Democratic Representatives from coal-dependent states sent a letter to Obama sharing that they will not support the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill.

Sens. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), Carl Levin (Mich.), Robert Casey (Penn.), Arlen Specter (Penn.), Robert Byrd (W.Va.), Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Russell Feingold (Wis.), and Al Franken (Minn.) signed the letter saying a climate bill should “include provisions to maintain a level playing field for American manufacturing.”

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD?!?!? Big Coal is complaining (to their senators apparently) that they are concerned about a level playing field. That is HILARIOUS!

Mean Joe Green #67: Rep. Rahall (D) Shows His Love for (getting money from) Coal (companies)

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 7/21/09

$11,000 to show your “love” for coal by jumping out of a plane?!

If the coal industry’s ringtone didn’t kill the hopes and dreams of the renewable energy revolution, this certainly will.

More

Nick Rahall Jumps From a Plane for Coal. Here’s Why.
Rep. Rahall to leap out of a plane on behalf of coal

Mean Joe Green #51: The New Face of the Energy Industry Fat Cats

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 2/13/09

The times are-a-changing. On the way out are the days of big oil and coal fat cats running ruining the energy policy of our great nation.

Putting profit above all else, these clowns have dirtied our nation’s air and water and have stood in the way of energy and fuel-related progress for decades.

With $62.2 billion in the latest version of the Economic Stimulus Package going to environmental initiatives, said fat cats will surely live a comfortable existence as they ease into their “golden years”, but the new energy czars will be leading the way deriving energy and fuel from such sources as; wind, solar, waves, algae, cellulosic ethanol, and much more…

…Leading our great nation to a clean, energy independent future!

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Mean Joe Green #50: “Pork” Confusing to GOP