A new initiative, backed by the Metro Atlanta Chamber, aims to grow Atlanta’s cleantech hub and help generate 6,000 jobs by 2017. Clean tech is an umbrella term that includes several industries including smart grid, solar power, electric vehicles and biofuels. via Cleantech initiative plans to bring 6K jobs to Atlanta – Atlanta Business Chronicle.
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It is one of the greatest three-word phrases ever. It was most memorably uttered by Woodward & Bernstein’s mysterious Watergate source Deep Throat, and repeated by many, including the teacher of a graduate journalism course I took at Boston University in 1985, as the first rule of business reporting: “Follow the money.” As 2011 nears Continue reading →
The world invested a record-high $243 billion in clean energy last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. This amounts to an annual increase of nearly one-third over the total amount invested in clean energy in 2009 ($186.5 billion) – and nearly five times the total amount invested in 2004 ($51.7 billion). via Clean Energy Continue reading →
Despite economic uncertainty, the biggest global corporations are investing 3-5 percent of annual revenues in clean tech solutions, and they are poised to invest more, according to an Ernst & Young survey. With such private investment increasing and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) infusion of over $80 billion into the clean tech sector, Continue reading →
