As the thoughtful posts streaming into The Energy Collective remind me, Earth Day is a nice opportunity to reflect and take stock.

Since Earth Day '09, The Energy Collective has greatly expanded our readership and coverage of energy, climate, and environment news and opinion, featuring the best bloggers in one virtual community.  We've grown our exclusive content and expert webinars, with leading bloggers Marc Gunther, Dan Yurman, and Jesse Jenkins at the helm.  We're proud of the content we offer you, our readers, and of the unique discussions that take place here.

In April, 2009, The Energy Collective reached a few hundred wonderful, dedicated readers each day.  Today, we consistently reach a few thousand readers each day, with cumulative views over the past year close to 500,000.

With critical support from our sponsor, Siemens, we've been able to bring you more and more of the best content.  Our Earth Day posts speak to the terrific range of leading thinkers and bloggers on the site, who make this site what it is, every day.

Check out today's Earth Day insights:

- An Earth Day Call to Action, by Senator John Kerry, sponsor of the
very soon-to-be-released Kerry-Graham-Lieberman bill

- Is Nuclear Green? A Question for Earth Day, by Senator Lamar
Alexander, a leading Republican voice on energy and environment

- My Earth Day at the White House: Obama Calls for Climate Action, by NRDC President Frances Beinecke

- Let's rename Earth Day and The new environmentalists wear hard hats - Interview with Van Jones on 'Earth Day 2.0'by Joe Romm of Climate Progress

- A day like any other… by A Siegel of Get Energy Smart!

- As the Earth Turns: How Environmentalism Has Evolved, by Will
Marshall, Progressive Policy Institute President

- Earth Day Hits Middle Age; Time for a Midlife Crisis?, by Taylen Peterson

- Has the Green Movement Stalled? Green Skeptic on Fox Business, by Scott Anderson (aka the green skeptic)

- Happy Earth Day, by John Wheeler of "This Week in Nuclear," re-post
by Dr. Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace

Happy Earth Day!

The Energy Collective Team (Robin, Mark, Rebecca, Josh, Caitlin, Evan)

 

Rebecca Lutzy is the Content and Community Manager at The Energy Collective and a Ph.D. student at Princeton University focused on U.S. climate and energy policy.