With Iowa officially kicking off the primary elections last night, it seems time for us to start thinking about who, as North Carolinians, we want the next Presidential candidates to be.

And what better way to judge a candidate then by how green s/he is?

Thankfully (and lucky for me), Grist has already done the research (and the work!) Check it out for yourself: How Green is Your Candidate? You can view all of the Democratic and Republican candidates websites, interviews with the candidates, and add info about their greenness on your own website and/or blog.

And, in case you haven't already heard, here is the news from the Iowa caucus results and here are the results with Grist's own green angle. Tell us what you think about the candidates and their environmental records by commenting to this blog.

Finally, since this is our first post in the New Year - here's to wishing to a greener 2008 (and a greener president come November)!