Robert Kennedy Jr. on his crusade for a 'green' economy - Hamilton
Says fight to promote use of 'clean' energy is 'a battle for the soul' of Canada and the U.S.2011: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. slams Cape Wind | CapeCodOnline.com
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For decades, the lawyer, author and radio host has been an outspoken advocate for environmental conservation, and says ditching fossil fuels in favour of renewable sources of energy will yield a “green gold rush” for the United States and Canada.
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[Kennedy] Right now, we're operating under rules that were devised by the incumbents to favour the dirtiest, filthiest, most poisonous, most destructive, most addictive fuels from hell, rather than the cheap, clean, green, wholesome, safe, prosperous and patriotic fuels from heaven.
...we know there is five times as much carbon in proven reserves of the existing oil companies today than you could burn without destroying the planet.
[Q] if there's demand for our oil in your country, is it fair for the flow to be throttled?
[Kennedy] If there were demands for slavery from Africa, would it not be fair for us as the United States to say, “We're not going allow slaves to be shipped to our country?”
...do Canadian's have a right to object when American coal-burning utilities poison and sterilize their lakes and destroy their forests with acid rain?
Once again, a Kennedy is blasting the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm but this time the focus is on the high cost of the project.
In an opinion piece printed Monday in the Wall Street Journal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls Cape Wind a "rip-off" and alleges that a merger between NStar and Northeast Utilities is being held up by Massachusetts utility regulators to force the companies to buy half of the project's power.
The Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport overlooks Nantucket Sound. The family, led by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, has long opposed the 130-turbine Cape Wind project.
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An American family with a "compound?"
Our version of a castle?
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