Earth Day roundup

Here are some at-a-glance reactions to Earth Day:

• Al Gore (Repower America): "Remember, Earth Day is about people -- and our future on this planet."
• John Kerry (Politico): "No matter what conventional wisdom says, this is the year - perhaps our last, best chance - to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation."
• Kate Sheppard (Mother Jones): "With all the not-very-hope-inspiring news of late, I'm really hoping that this is neither the "last" nor the "best" shot at getting the policy right. But Kerry is certainly right that Earth Day should be treated as the impetus for action."
• Yael Borofsky (The Breakthrough Blog): "... the posts we highlight together indicate that it is time to move past this traditional conception of Earth Day and into the Innovation Century."
• Van Jones (Center for American Progress): "The next 40 years of environmental policy will be economic policy."
• Andrew Revkin (Dot Earth): "A quick photographic Earth Day note: even as societies ponder how to smooth the human journey on a finite planet at a global scale, it doesn't hurt to try to get things reasonably right in our own neighborhoods."
• Jeff Mann (It's Getting Hot in Here): "There is no option of failure. This day, some 40 years after the first one, represents that. This is the fight of our lives, but the one we absolutely cannot lose."
• Bracken Hendricks (Climate Progress): "This Earth Day, let's get to work immediately, one home at a time, creating clean energy jobs and a better future for the planet through energy efficiency."
• NearWalden: "So today, on Earth Day, let's celebrate American ingenuity."

Don't expect KGL on Earth Day

This is fairly fascinating. Lindsey Graham says that he and his Senate colleagues won't release the draft of their legislation on Earth Day because they don't want to send "mixed messages." "I'm all for protecting the Earth, but this is about energy independence," the South Carolina Republican said. It's an interesting addition to the narrative he seems to be building (in collaboration with John Kerry), downplaying the climate aspect of this bill in favor of its energy provisions.