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Reframing the energy debate, part 1
Time to stop using the phrase 'renewable energy' |
Joseph Romm |
21 Jul 2008 |
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| This is the first in an occasional series on reframing the energy and climate debate. I welcome all ideas on how we can improve our language in what is now the central front in the war to protect the health and well-being of American families and all future generations. The phrase 'renewable energy' is often used by the media and conservatives to give lip service to clean energy sources -- by lumping them all together in order to trivialize them or diminish their ind ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental movement, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics) |
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