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Green tech execs descend on Washington to press for climate change bill

Hundreds of green-energy company executives, including many from Silicon Valley, descended on Washington this week to urge members of Congress to pass a sweeping climate change bill, which they predicted would spur billions of dollars in clean-energy investments and ease the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.

Hundreds of green-energy company executives, including many from Silicon Valley, descended on Washington this week to urge members of Congress to pass a sweeping climate change bill, which they predicted would spur billions of dollars in clean-energy investments and ease the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.

The entrepreneurs got a boost of encouragement from the White House on Wednesday at a forum featuring some of the Obama administration’s top environmental officials, whose message was short and direct: We need your help.

The House in June passed far-reaching legislation designed to combat global warming, and focus has now shifted to the Senate. But similar legislation faces an uphill fight there thanks to regional concerns among senators from oil- and coal-dependent states.Read Full Article

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