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I'm saying you should have the right not only to be an energy consumer but an energy producer. Follow the money to understand why my message keeps getting drowned out. Big oil and big coal are terrified by the green jobs message.

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