The Green Economy Gains Currency

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The Green Economy Gains Currency

Buoyed by President Barack Obama's eco-friendly cabinet and agenda, "green business" has leaped from sideshow to center stage. But as GreenBiz.com's annual report, The State of Green Business, shows, while the outlook is bright for companies that can help corporations with the challenge of going green, overall the recession and economic uncertainty have slowed the shift toward greener practices economy-wide.