{"id":87,"date":"2007-04-10T11:38:24","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T11:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/robert-newmans-editorial\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:56:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:56:03","slug":"robert-newmans-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/robert-newmans-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Newman&#8217;s editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left off\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/planet.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/business.guardian.co.uk\/story\/0,,1700409,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">This<\/a> editorial moved me with its candor and starkness.   He posits that capitalism and saving the planet are at odds with each other.  I cannot find a chink in his armor, but I want to.  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