1 of 5 | President Jimmy Carter speaks against a backdrop of solar panels at the White House, June 21, 1979, in Washington. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges, File) 2 of 5 | Lillian Carter, mother of Jimmy Carter, displays her “Jimmy Won!” T-shirt at a train station after Carter was declared the winner in the presidential election, Nov. 3, 1976, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo, File) 3 of 5 | President Jimmy Carter speaks to executives of gas-using businesses at the White House in Washington, Aug. 31, 1978, before the passage of a natural gas compromise bill. (AP Photo/Jeff Taylor, File) 4 of 5 | President Jimmy Carter talks to power plant workers against a backdrop of tall stacks at the Louisville Gas and Electric Company plant in Louisville, Ky., July 31, 1979. (AP Photo, File) 5 of 5 | Former President Jimmy Carter, center, sits with his grandson Jason Carter, left, and George Mori, executive vice president at SolAmerica Energy during a ribbon cutting ceremony for a solar panel project on Jimmy Carter’s farmland in his hometown of Plains, Ga., Feb. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) Read More PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — When Jimmy Carter chose branding designs for his presidential campaign, he passed on the usual red, white and blue. He wanted green. Emphasizing how much the Georgia Democrat enjoyed nature and prioritized environmental policy, the color became ubiquitous. On buttons, bumper stickers, brochures, the sign rechristening the old Plains train depot as his campaign headquarters. Even the hometown Election Night party. “The minute it was announced, we all had the shirts to put on — and they were green, too,” said LeAnne Smith, Carter’s niece, recalling the 1976 victory celebration. Nearly a half-century later, environmental advocates are remembering Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the […]