The financial crisis has put the brakes on a sustainable energy market for now. Investment in the last half of 2008 was only half of what it was in 2007. “Green investment” during financial crisis will be considered an ever greater luxury. At the same time it is increasingly important for the largest energy carries to make the switch and begin reducing carbon emissions. If one waits until the
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Falling auto prices, bank crashes, mass layoffs: the economic crisis has taken full hold of the United States. Current prognoses predict that the crisis will persist for at least another year. In addition, climate change poses one of the biggest challenges that president-elect Obama must address. The influential Center for American Progress, led by John Podesta, wants the new US administration to
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