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Veterans Seek Clean Energy

Jefferson City, MO – A group of military veterans is taking a cross-country bus tour to tout climate change as a national security issue. They met with reporters Wdnesday in Jefferson City, across the street from the State Capitol Building. Matt Victoriano ( served in the Marine Corps in Iraq. He says clean energy sources, such as wind and solar power, are better alternatives than both domestic and foreign oil production.

Victoriano: "Oil is still an unclean energy source, and directly contributes to climate devastation, so that wouldn't solve our problems."

Victoriano also says climate change can create destabilization in third-world countries and contribute to terrorism. The bus tour also has stopped in Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis, and Springfield earlier this week.

Marshall Griffin is the Statehouse reporter for St. Louis Public Radio.
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