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April 12, 2013

Renewable Energy Won't Stop Climate Change
Sacramento CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2013
Renewable energy is neither clean nor a solution to climate change according to a new Truthout interview with Ozzie Zehner, a visiting scholar at the University of California - Berkeley and author of the book Green Illusions. Instead of "hyping so-called green energy," Zehner advocates redirecting focus to the impacts of a growing human population and consumption. "If we want to address climate change and the many other consequences of energy production," remarks Zehner, "we'll need to greatly red ... read more

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