Jim Motavalli
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Jim Motavalli | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Motavalli at Web Summit 2017 | |
| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) |
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Jim Motavalli (born 1952) is a journalist, author, and speaker who specializes in environmental issues, particularly green cars, climate, transportation,[1] and various aspects of sustainable energy.[2]
He writes for E–The Environmental Magazine as a senior writer, The New York Times as a blogger and columnist, and for various other publications including TheDailyGreen, NPR, and Mother Nature Network.
After serving as its editor for 14 years, Motavalli became a senior writer for E–The Environmental Magazine, a bi-monthly publication which aims to bring attention to environmental problems. He currently writes and blogs for The New York Times as a member of its "Automobiles" section and has a syndicated column called "Wheels", hosts a show on WPKN,[3] and speaks often on National Public Radio's (NPR) Car Talks program.[4]
He also contributes to Environmental Defense Fund, TheDailyGreen, and Mother Nature Network works, and he has twice won the Global Media Award from the Population Institute.[1]
Motavalli has authored four books – Naked in the Woods: Joseph Knowles and the Legacy of Frontier Fakery, Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean Cars" for the Future, and Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change – and edited three others. He previously served as a professor of journalism at Fairfield University and the University of Connecticut;[3] the latter is his alma mater.[5]
He lives in Connecticut.[6]
