Conservation: Changing How We Live




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Summary: Are offshore wind projects a magic bullet to save the environment? What about banning plastic bags? Have conservation efforts fallen by the wayside in favor of renewable energy projects that encourage energy usage, instead of energy reduction and preservation? Our guests: R. Lawrence Swanson, Ph.D., associate dean, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and director, Waste Reduction and Management Institute, Stony Brook University ; chair, Suffolk County Council on Environmental Quality ;