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Human rights abuses run rampant in the renewable energy sector, report finds

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Published November 17, 2021 at 11:20 AM CST
Workers look out at wind turbines at the Alpha Ventus offshore windpark on April 28, 2010 in the North Sea approximately 70km north of the German coast. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Workers look out at wind turbines at the Alpha Ventus offshore windpark on April 28, 2010 in the North Sea approximately 70km north of the German coast. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Human rights abuses are just as common in renewable energy as they are in the fossil fuel sector, according to a new report by the Business and Human Rights Resource Center.

Program manager Jessie Cato joins host Scott Tong from Berlin.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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