Readers React: It’s not ‘the environment vs. jobs’ anymore

To the editor: The conclusion in the UC Berkeley study that stronger requirements for renewable energy would create jobs is another piece of evidence that California has known for a long time. Renewable energy regulations have helped to make California a leader in the country in creating jobs, reducing harmful air pollution and strengthening our economy. (“Renewable energy requirement creates jobs, Berkeley study says,” Aug. 28)

Face it, the old, incorrect argument pitting the economy against the environment is dead and buried. And energy prices will rise no matter what. But we don’t have to pay for renewable energy (which is becoming comparable to dirty forms of fossil fuel in price) with the livelihood of our citizens.

Allis Druffel, Altadena

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