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Dear RFK, what *are* you thinking? Part Deux
Guest editorial – MB writes: Here’s a quote from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s piece on wind turbines: “All of us need periodically to experience wilderness to renew our spirits and reconnect ourselves to the common history of our nation, humanity and to God. The worst trap that environmentalists can fall into is the conviction that…
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Essay: Bottled Greenwash
Essay: Bottled Greenwash By Anthony Henry Smith Some may think Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. should recuse himself from NY Governor Cuomo’s 13-person committee on fracking simply because he is the governor’s ex brother-in-law, but how many are aware of an additional conflict? If fracking poisons any part of the state’s drinking water supply, public reaction…
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Dear RFK: What *are* you thinking?
In a July 27 post, Robert F Kennedy correctly lists some of the reasons we need to move away from burning coal for energy generation. Unfortunately, his conclusion that the solution is to replace coal with natural gas is as erroneous as his convictions about coal are correct. At http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/king-coal_b_245117.html he concludes: “Natural gas comes with its…