BONNIE McGILL, Ph.D.
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A plea for involving Appalachians in the clean energy sector

1/31/2015

 
PictureMountain top removal (MTR) coal mining and valley fill in Central Appalachia. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rperks/media/MTRphotoHenry.jpg
As an Appalachian, I have thought a lot about coal, and one of my biggest concerns over the last eight years or so has been: when we do transition to renewable energy and away from fossil fuels, don’t we owe it to places like West Virginia and eastern Kentucky to create clean energy jobs there?  Central Appalachia has been ravaged by coal extraction in many dimensions—public health, environmental damages, and economic losses.  So in the future when we finally turn our backs on coal for good (or run out, whichever comes first), we will also be turning our backs on the people who live there.


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Climate messaging, growth/no-growth economics

1/30/2015

 
This week I am reporting to you live from the National Council for Science and the Environment’s annual conference in Washington DC.  The conference’s theme this year is “Energy and Climate Change.”

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My research in two and a half minutes

1/18/2015

 
It’s been a quiet few months on AGua blogua, but I have a pretty good excuse–I passed my PhD comprehensive exams in December!  To make up for the posting paucity, here’s the big debut of a video explaining what I’m working on.  A big thanks to Lucas Hamilton, who filmed and edited it!  I made the video specifically for the NSF GK-12 program at the Kellogg Biological Station, but I think it might be appealing to a wider audience.   I hope you enjoy it:
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