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The energy revolution is as much about technology as policy. Renewables like wind and solar are now often the cheapest energy available. And natural gas is winning the free-market battle over dirty energy sources like coal. 

Now, a leaked policy document circulating in Washington 

 to require electric utilities to buy more expensive coal and nuclear power.

, attorney with the National Resources Defense Council, tells us what it all means. 

 of organizations creating climate-friendly policies.

We ask Ojibwe environmental activist Sharon Day with the 

 about the importance of diversity in today's environmental movement.

Hear the entire show by using the audio player above.

Paul Huttner

Author

This week on Climate Cast, we discuss a plan to require electric utilities to buy more expensive coal and nuclear power, and the climate movement's lack of diversity.

This week no Climate Cast, we discuss a plan to require electric utilities to buy more expensive coal and nuclear power, and the climate movement's lack of diversity.

Trump's 'lifeline' for coal, and climate activism's overwhelming whiteness

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