Ep. 39: Michael Shellenberger's Alternatives to the Green New Deal

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Ep. 39: Michael Shellenberger's Alternatives to the Green New Deal

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Michael Shellenberger, environmentalist activist, founder and president of Environmental Progress, joins The Realignment to make the pro-nuclear, anti-Green New Deal case for confronting climate change.

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Ep. 39: Michael Shellenberger's Alternatives to the Green New Deal

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