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Just in Time for Copenhagen, Green Patents Get a Boost

Have a brilliant green tech idea that you're just itching to get to store shelves? Now's the time to file a patent. The U.S. government is cutting the average review time for green technology-related patents from 40 months to 12 ...READ»

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ARPA-E Program Gives Out $100 Million to "Moonshot" Green Tech

This past October, the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) program gave $151 million to so-called "moonshot" green tech companies that are working on projects that might not otherwise have a ...READ»

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Hawaii's Deep Blue Solution to A/C Woes

The design is complex, the island logic simple: Find a cheaper way to cool tropical buildings and you can spend less on imported oil. All that money saved on overhead means--Aloha!--more clam shells for everyone to dump back into ...READ»

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DOE Gives $151 Million Boost to Early-Stage Green Tech

The Obama administration has been good to the renewable energy industry, with the Department of Energy announcing in July that it will give up to $30 billion in loan guarantees to renewable energy projects. Now the DOE is going out ...READ»

What is Your State’s Green Economy Profile? It Could Be the Key to Your Business and Career Success

As part of an effort to help states continue to grow these industries, the NGA Center has created a series of reports analyzing emerging "green" economies in each state in terms of the scope of green business activity reveals areas of comparative advantage, promising areas for workforce development and opportunities for building partnerships within and across green industry segments. It is intended that this information be used to help states analyze their current efforts and form strategies to grow green economies.READ»

12.21.2012: How to cope with Apocalypse

Ancient Mayans have prophesized December 21, 2012 to be the end of the world. How can we find out what is to come?READ»

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EPEAT Green Tech Standard Goes Global, but Why?

The green-tech rating EPEAT system, found on things like newer PC monitors, has become so successful that its parent body, the Green Electronics Council, is taking it global. It sounds like good news, but is it? Even if you don't ...READ»

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200 Green Business Ideas

Just for starters....in virtually every industryREAD»

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