Wednesday, April 20, 2011

How do you strike a balance between green technology and the environment?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the tradeoffs of green technology. Google and General Electric have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in solar and wind projects. Environmentalists and native rights activists say the solar plan in the Mojave Desert should be relocated to protect wildlife and sacred sites. Can the drawbacks of big green tech offset the benefits? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Haederle, contributing editor for Miller-McCune Magazine, where his recent articles are "Rooftop Solar Power to the People?" and "Are New Solar Power Projects Anti-Environmental?"

Matthew Kahn, professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, the Department of Economics, and the Department of Public Policy and author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment.

Bill Powers, member of the Solar Done Right coalition and principal of Powers Engineering

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