Green Week in Review podcast – September 4, 2009

The Green Week in Review
is a podcast, hosted by SustainableBusiness.com News Editor Bart King.
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In this week’s show…

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), the third largest utility in the U.S., cut ties with a coal industry group fighting against clean energy legislation.

Georgia EPD issued draft pollution permits for a new coal-fired power plant (link to GA Tech study).

California regulators proposed the adoption of a unique feed-in tariff to boost renewable energy supply

A California mine for rare earth materials hopes to avert a supply crunch in the clean tech industry.

A visionary project called Solar Roadways was awarded a contract from the Department of Transportation to build a prototype road "paved" with photovoltaic solar panels.

Plus, a summary of the week’s top cleantech headlines.

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