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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

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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...continued

It's in there!

June 22, 2007

Posted by Julia Bovey in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
CAFE, cleanvehicles, energybill, fueleconomy, legislation, victories

Well hogtie me to a Chevy and take me to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – I never would have guessed that champagne corks would be popping on Capitol Hill tonight. Yes, CAFE – the provision to get...continued

Detroit 8, Washington 4

June 21, 2007

Posted by Julia Bovey in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
baseball, CAFE, NRDC

Ah, dear irony.... last night I sat under a clear starry sky and watched the Detroit Tigers make mincemeat of my adopted team, whose play on the field makes you want to make like their mascot and SCREECH.Meanwhile, mere blocks...continued

Senate CAFE Vote: Being right may not be enough

June 20, 2007

Posted by Julia Bovey in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
CAFE, energybill, NRDC

If the war over energy policy -- particularly miles-per-gallon (know in insider jargon as CAFE standards) -- was determined by newspaper editorials, today we would proclaim victory. The drumbeat of support has grown louder and louder, and now even papers...continued

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