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The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and 70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This
Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and
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Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and
