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Press Mention Palm Beach Post January 12, 2008

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A green opportunity grows as the nation strives for energy efficiency

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The article examines Florida's emerging green economy and clean-energy opportunities following Governor Crist's 2007 climate directives. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, discusses the economic potential of investments in clean technologies. The piece explores debates over carbon pricing mechanisms, renewable energy credits, and the tension between environmental mandates and business concerns about costs.

If we make significant investments in new, clean technologies, people are going to make money off of that ... eventually it's going to have a huge payback.

Stephen A. Smith

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