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David McDermott Hughes

David McDermott Hughes is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University and author of Energy without Conscience. He serves as the climate justice chair of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT faculty and grad union.

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Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Sacrificing for the Climate

In the most turbine-surrounded community in the world, poor residents understand that their loss—of land, jobs, and serenity—has nothing to do with the common good. Clean energy advocates should take notice.

David McDermott Hughes

Science & Nature

Use Sunlight Locally (or Lose It)

A new “solar homesteading law” could harness rays of sun that fall on roofs and parking lots in cities and advance the aims of energy democracy.

David McDermott Hughes

Science & Nature

To Save the Climate, Give Up the Demand for Constant Electricity

Waiting to ensure uninterrupted power for everyone as we transition away from fossil fuels will cost too much time—and too many lives.

David McDermott Hughes

Science & Nature

Who Owns the Wind?

There is more than enough wind energy to power our future. But our model of paying for it is stuck in the past.

David McDermott Hughes

Class & Inequality

A Jobless Utopia?

A rural town in Spain gives us a glimpse into the challenges we will face in a workless future.

David McDermott Hughes

       

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