developed for the incoming administration. In August 2008, The Environmentalist published filmmaker Greg Reitman's personal account, "A Filmmaker's 'Fields of Fuel'" of his journey that led to the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-winning documentary Fields of Fuel. In July 2008, The Environmentalist published an article entitled: "James Hansen to the G8: We've passed safe CO2 levels" which included a letter from Dr. James E. Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in which Hansen warned that the maximum safe level of atmospheric CO2 (350 ppm) had been exceeded (385 ppm): My address tomorrow to the United Nations University G8 Symposium summarizes scientific data revealing that the safe level of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is no more than 350 ppm (parts per million), and is likely less than that. Implications for energy policy are profound, as atmospheric CO2 is already 385 ppm. Hansen's letter was addressed to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan, host of the 2008 G8 Summit. He requested Fukuda's leadership in addressing the findings. In May, 2008, an article by contributing writer, Terry Leach, entitled: "Hillary Clinton's 'Victory' in Pennsylvania: The Rush Limbaugh Effect" and subsequently picked up by Reuters, the Huffington Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times, which posited that the votes for Hillary Clinton cast during the Pennsylvania primary should be explored to assess the impact by Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos. This resulted in the phrase "The Limbaugh Effect" being used across the media sphere, which earned a response from Rush Limbaugh that was answered by The Environmentalist managing editor in an article entitled: "Why Rush Limbaugh Thinks This Site is Unfriendly". Endorsements On February 4, 2008, The Environmentalist endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States, citing his environmental policy positions as the reason for choosing him over the other candidates. On January 31, 2008, managing editor, Janet Ritz, writing outside the environmentalism genre, reviewed and endorsed, a new release, Crossing the Line, by Ryko recording artist, Bill Cutler, an album that included deceased Grateful Dead lead guitarist, Jerry Garcia, among other surviving notables of the last three decades, many of whom had endorsed Senator Obama. See also Bill Graham James Hansen Joaquin Nin-Culmell Greg Reitman Rosalie Ritz Zahara Schatz Sherman Yellen George Witte References External links Janet Ritz on the Huffington Post Presidential Climate Action Plan (PCAP) Project American environmental websites Environmental magazines Magazines established in 2006 Political magazines published in