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How much say should people have in corporations’ actions?

Because our community is taking the (late) opportunity to decide what would be an acceptable number of oak trees to destroy in order to plant a corporate-owned vineyard — given that Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant’s days are now numbered — should we not take the opportunity to decide the same for solar and wind energy plants, corporate or otherwise?

Chris Temple, Atascadero

This story was originally published July 22, 2016 at 7:14 PM with the headline "How much say should people have in corporations’ actions?."

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