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Novozymes Comments on Obama Budget

Novozymes, the world leader in bioinnovation, today applauded President Obama’s commitment toward renewable energy programs in his fiscal year 2013 budget request, a strategy he began outlining in his 2012 State of the Union address.

$10 Million for Water Quality Projects

A funding opportunity that will bring states, USDA, and other stakeholders together to enhance the effectiveness of water quality credit trading.

$1.4 Million for Water Quality Pilot Trades in Ohio

A market-based approach is designed to help energy facilities facing high pollution control costs.
A $1 million Conservation Innovation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) marks the start of Phase II of the The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) led Ohio River Basin water quality trading project. The goal is to [...]

Corporate Investing in a Time of Record Cash

How to invest in an evolving economy?
As businesses — many of whom have record levels of cash on hand — look for new opportunities, readers and experts chime in on where to put corporate investments.

What’s Next?: January 2012

Companies, readers and analysts had a lot to say about what happened in 2011 and what it means for 2012. Read the best of the reader’s responses, along with interviews with Panasonic, Mohr Davidow, Jones Lang LaSalle, Duke Energy, Acorn Energy, and Advantage for Analysts.

Vision and Planning: November 2011

For a wide range of businesses, the green economy continues to be stalled behind a lack of vision and a supporting plan. In this issue we look at a long term plan, two businesses creating new markets, and a mass movement that has lost its way.