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We have to get our states to adopt what are called renewable portfolio standards pledging to use a lot of renewable energy by 2015 or 2020. We have to work with businesses and shops to get them engaged in the same way.

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Bill McKibben
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: December 8
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