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By Benno Groeneveld , KFAI
June 28, 2008

We hear a lot these days about global warming, how industry and individuals contribute to the warming of the earth and how dangerous all of this is. But we hear less about possible solutions to the problem. And when people DO talk about solutions, they usually mention such things as cutting back on driving, taking the bicycle or the bus, buying more fuel-efficient cars, closing dirty factories and other measures to save.

The main message is scary, it seems to be: to combat global warming, we have to give up a lot of the comforts we have gotten used to.

But gradually a new message is emerging: trying to stop global warming is an OPPORTUNITY, a chance to put people back to work in a different kind of economy. This so-called “green economy”, it is hoped, will put many people to work making products that SAVE energy and the environment.

KFAI’s Benno Groeneveld reports on May 28:

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