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David McDermott Hughes is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers. His most recent book is Who Owns the Wind?. He serves as the climate justice chair of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT faculty and grad union.
With time running out, jury nullification for civil disobedience is worth the risk.
In the most turbine-surrounded community in the world, poor residents understand that their loss—of land, jobs, and serenity—has nothing to do with the common good. Clean energy advocates should take notice.
There is more than enough wind energy to power our future. But our model of paying for it is stuck in the past.
A rural town in Spain gives us a glimpse into the challenges we will face in a workless future.
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