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As the world stumbles towards renewable energy, who will own the power from the sun and wind? Is wind the common property of everyone — or the private property of the few? Anthropologist David McDermott Hughes spent several years studying resistance to wind turbines in a southern Spanish village, from which he draws important lessons for the left and the environmental movement about the potential backlash against renewable energy from people in rural areas.
Resources:
David McDermott Hughes, Who Owns the Wind? Climate Crisis and the Hope of Renewable Energy Verso, 2021
The post The Turbulent Route to Wind Power appeared first on KPFA.
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As the world stumbles towards renewable energy, who will own the power from the sun and wind? Is wind the common property of everyone — or the private property of the few? Anthropologist David McDermott Hughes spent several years studying resistance to wind turbines in a southern Spanish village, from which he draws important lessons for the left and the environmental movement about the potential backlash against renewable energy from people in rural areas.
Resources:
David McDermott Hughes, Who Owns the Wind? Climate Crisis and the Hope of Renewable Energy Verso, 2021
The post The Turbulent Route to Wind Power appeared first on KPFA.

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