Dr. Roy Cordato, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar, pans Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers’ idea that his company should promote “green energy” policies in order to help pass a so-called “grandchildren’s test.” Cordato offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 490).
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