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Isegoriahttp://www.isegoria.net/2008/05/californias-potemkin-environmentalism.htm [Isegoria] Max Schulz looks past the facade of California’s Potemkin Environmentalism: California’s environmental policies have made it heavily dependent on other states for power; generated some of the highest, business-crippling energy costs in .

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