More and more people … are joining the emerging green economy…. While many companies in this region are doing small things to burnish their environmental credentials, a few companies like SunEdison are inventing new business models, coming up with new technology or arranging new financing on a large scale. Doing that is not easy. Green businesses face many hurdles — regulatory obstacles, technology limitations, high costs or simply old habits that prevent firms from thinking in new ways. But with the price of crude oil above $95 a barrel and worries about climate change mounting, there is more interest than ever in the field. (Washington Post, Monday)
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