"That seems to me to be treating tenants as some 19th Century mill owner might have treated his workers, " he told MPs.

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If he really thinks it's that easy being green he ought to meet James Hurst, 54, a lumber mill owner in Eureka, Montana.

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The electricity generated will be used by the mill's owner and the surplus fed into the local grid, which has been upgraded to cope with the extra power.

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