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Spotlight
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New Report Highlights Local Chambers of Commerce As Clean Energy Change Agents
(May 15, 2013) While clean energy progress remains slow at the national level, local chambers of commerce are taking the reins in their local communities to drive economic development around clean energy, according to a first-of-its-kind report released today by Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy. With ten in-depth case …
Green Innovations
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Forget rooftops, Solar Roadways installs solar panels under highways and roads
According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, there are more than 4 million miles of highways and streets across the United States. Solar Roadways is using those highway miles to its advantage by introducing the first prototype in the United States of a solar panel that can be installed beneath …
Environmental Business Questions
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- A:Fairtrade certification is growing in the cosmetics industry. The first fairtrade product made by a American company was Queen Helene Naturals, produced by Hain Celestial....
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