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People forget: solar panels don't put themselves up. Wind turbines don't manufacture themselves. Businesses don't retrofit themselves to waste less energy and water, nor do homes weatherize themselves.

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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
Civil Rights Advocate
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