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• China ponies up $1.5 Billion for Texas Wind Farm

  Last year, I sat on a panel at an energy conference where someone asked me my thoughts on China’s impact on the renewable energy sector. My response was simple, upset a lot of people, and has since proven to be pretty accurate. . . “They’re going to bury us!” I know some don’t [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:47am EST
  by Jeff Siegel

• SF Green Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Second Anniversary

  Over the past several months, TriplePundit has published many stories about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s stance opposing climate change legislation, and the subsequent announcements by Nike, Apple, PG&E and others that they would be leaving the national chamber in response. The Chamber has been embroiled in even further controversy, [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Steve Puma

• The Catch-22 of Clean-Coal

  The old adage cautions one to be wary about what is asked for because often the expected result comes out somewhat differently. Take the latest report from the Australia-based Global CCS Institute as the latest example. The fifth and final of a series, the 224-page ‘Strategic Analysis of the Global Status [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:40am EST
  by Bill DiBenedetto

• Environmenal Defense Fund: Reaching out to the Private Equity Industry

  By Kirk Hourdajian, Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships Program, Environmental Defense Fund In a post I wrote on EDF’s Innovation Exchange blog last week, I identified some of the challenges and opportunities we are addressing in our work with private equity firms that are working to adopt sound environmental management strategies across [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:30am EST
  by 3p Guest Author

• Boots on the Ground: Gathering Data from Cow Pastures and Raspberry Fields

  This is the this is the fourth post in a series on the business of sustainable agriculture by the folks at Bon Appétit Management, a company that provides café and catering services to corporations, colleges and universities. To read past posts, click here. By Carolina Fojo Part I: Cow Poop Last week, while [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:06am EST
  by 3p Guest Author

• Wal-Mart Plans To Grow By Shrinking Store Size

  A few weeks ago, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. presented its growth plans for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2010 at its annual conference for the investment community. The company plans to add about 38 million square feet globally compared to the 44 million square feet it added the prior year. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:00am EST
  by Gina-Marie Cheeseman