The Solar Future Documented
Review: ‘Catching the Sun’ Profiles Solar Energy Entrepreneurs and Activists
Andy Webster, March 31, 2016 (NY Times)
“…[S]olar power is not only a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels but can also effectively curtail unemployment [according to Shalini Kantayya’s documentary, ‘Catching the Sun’]…With brisk, fluid concision, the film jumps to countries fast-tracking solar energy production…Fascinating portraits stand out…Debbie Dooley, founder of Conservatives for Energy Freedom, advocates solar energy’s growth within a free market, rejecting the idea that it’s a left-versus-right issue…Capitalizing on the Chinese government’s investments in renewable energy, [Zhongwei Jiang, who lived without electricity until he was 7, founded WesTech, a solar business, in 2003 that is] growing by 50 percent every year…[The portrait of Van Jones, an Oakland, Calif., lawyer and activist who wrote the best seller ‘The Green Collar Economy’ and worked in the Obama administration but became embroiled in a debate with conservatives and was forced to resign is a reminder that the battle] has its casualties.” click here for more
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