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Look who's following me... yikes!

January 28, 2009

Posted by Julia Bovey in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
americaspower, coal, dirtycoal, twitter

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...

You can move a mountain, it takes five guys and some dynamite

January 22, 2009

Posted by Julia Bovey in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
coal, kentucky, mining, mountaintopremoval

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...

The Gulf States Poised for Clean Energy, Our Gulf States!

January 13, 2009

Posted by Julia Bovey in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
alabama, cleanenergy, gulfstates, louisiana, mississippi, oil, solar, texas, windpower

 I thrilled at the New York Times headline: Gulf Oil States Seeking a Lead in Clean Energy. About time! Sure Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and East Texas were the oil backbone of the United States oil industry for a long time, but their...

Dont Look Back, A New Day is Breakin'

November 2, 2007

Posted by Julia Bovey in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capandtrade, climatesecurityact, globalwarming pollution, globalwarminglaw, liebermanwarner

I just noticed that I’ve been singing the song "Don’t Look Back" in my head all day and I had no idea why. Just because I’m from Boston does not mean that I am a devotee of the band Boston,...

Global Warming... Will Eat You for Lunch?

August 16, 2007

Posted by Julia Bovey in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
disease, flesheatingdisease, globalwarmingscience

This just in from the good folks at Science Daily: Flesh-eating Disease Is On The Rise Due To Global Warming, Experts Warn. (Gross photograph not for the weak of stomach.)Wow — that would really be the cherry on the top my...

How can you be clear when you’re basically schizophrenic?

June 22, 2007

Posted by Julia Bovey in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
biofuels, CAFE, energybill, environment, NRDC, Senate

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...

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