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Fissures in G.O.P. as some conservatives embrace renewable energy
2014-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In conservative politics, solar power is often dismissed as an affectation, part of a liberal agenda to funnel money to solar cronies of the Obama administration and further the global warming hoax. So one would not expect to see Barry Goldwater Jr., the very picture of modern conservatism and son of the 1964 Republican nominee for president, arguing passionately on behalf of solar energy customers. But there he was last fall, very publicly opposing a push by Arizonas biggest utility to charge...
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