Sherry Boschert is an author, journalist, and activist who currently is working on a history of

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. Her previous book, ''Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America''Boschert, S. (2006) (Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers) helped jump-start the shift toward electric vehicles. Sherry has published more than 2,000 articles as a journalist. Her work has been published in ''The New York Times'', the ''San Francisco Examiner'', and other news outlets. She worked as a medical news reporter for Frontline Medical News from 1991-2015. Sherry co-founded the non-profit organizations ''Plug In America'' and the ''Golden Gate Electric Vehicle Association''. A 10-year campaign she began with the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association successfully persuaded news media companies to offer

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benefits in the years before same-sex marriage became legal, allowing workers to extend employee benefits to their partners. As an environmentalist, she has been driving an

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since 2002 and installed

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s on her home's roof in 1998. Boschert currently is working on a new book, a history of

. She blogs o
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* March 12, 2007 (Corte Madera, California: ''fora.tv'')
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