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DemocracyNow.org - More than 10,000 people converged in Washington, D.C., this past week to mobilize around the issue of climate change a the Power Shift 2011 Conference. Democracy Now! broadcasts an excerpt of the speech by Van Jones, who is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy. He is best-selling author of the definitive book on green jobs, "The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems." Jones served as the green jobs advisor in the Obama White House in 2009.

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