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Texas city opts for 100% renewable energy to save cash, not planet
2015-03-29 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: News that a Texas city is to be powered by 100% renewable energy sparked surprise in an oil-obsessed, Republican-dominated state where fossil fuels are king and climate change activists were described as the equivalent of the flat-earthers by US senator and GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz. I was called an Al Gore clone, a tree-hugger, says Jim Briggs, interim city manager of Georgetown, a community of about 50,000 people some 25 miles north of Austin. Briggs, who was a key player in Georgetowns...
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