Posted by Julia Bovey in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
I was struck with confusion, convinced I had misunderstood. But there is was: Hi, JuliaBovey AmericasPower (AmericasPower) is now following your updates on Twitter. AmericasPower! I'm so flattered. It's only the most deceptive, sneakiest, best-funded front for the coal industry...
Posted by Julia Bovey in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I recently returned from a trip where I saw environmental destruction worse than anything I saw during my week in China. I saw something that I just can't believe is happening in the United States of America. It's called Mountain-Top...
Posted by Julia Bovey in Curbing Pollution , Greening China , Living Sustainably
Greetings from Beijing, China, where NRDC's multi-year effort to reduce pollution from factories got a major bump from Wal-Mart. I was here in the room when Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott told a room of Wal-Mart's 900 Chinese suppliers that they...
Posted by Julia Bovey in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
On June 1st my husband was riding his bike home from work when he was hit by a car. Of course he was. He works in a place called Tysons Corner, Virginia. He's going to be fine, though he's still...
Posted by Julia Bovey in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
The Senate Energy Bill passed without the provisions that would have made biofuels cleaner while also making sure growing crops to make them doesn't mean bulldozing Redwoods to grow corn. That stinks. The excuse/reason is that Senate leadership wanted a...
