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Deepwater Dispatches: The Worst Possible Time

May 3, 2010

Posted by Apollo Gonzales in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
BP, deepwater, deepwaterhorizon, drilling, gulfcoast, gulfspill, louisiana, oilspill

I think it goes without saying that there is never a good time for an oil spill.  Certainly, the "drill baby drill" crowd would agree with me on that. Yesterday, sheltered from the pounding rain in his boat Capt. Kip...

Lowering the Cost of Play

November 19, 2008

Posted by Apollo Gonzales in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
electronics, emissions, energy, gadgets, gaming

In my living room sits a 32" LCD HDTV. I feel guilty every time I turn it on because I know how much energy the thing uses. Every night I turn it off, and not just stand-by, but OFF. It's...

On Leaving My Wallet At Home

November 20, 2007

Posted by Apollo Gonzales

Tags:
blackfriday, buynothingday, china, conservation, ewaste, gadgets, pollution, recycling

I am a geek of the worst kind. I am an electronics gadget geek. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a lover of many other geeky things, like comics and video games, but nothing else comes close to my obsession with...

Apollo Gonzales
Apollo Gonzales
Netroots Campaign Manager
DC
Born and raised in the heart of the Texas oil industry, Houston, it took a...
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