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The
changing trends in energy, water and fuel availability
as well as Federal and State environmental initiatives
are creating new investment opportunities |
- Economic, political and
social forces have created a demand for a clean environment.
- The U.S.'s dependence on
petroleum and natural gas, combined with the financial
deterioration of its utilities and reliability issues,
has made the U.S. extremely vulnerable to energy price
swings.
- 24 states have enacted
a renewable portfolio standard that required the state’s
utilities to provide up to 20% of their electricity
from wind, solar, and other renewable-energy sources
in the near future.
- Water - a crisis greater
than energy in the Southwestern United States. Tighter
regulation on groundwater contaminants combined with
increasing contaminant levels in ground water have
measurably increased the demand for water remediation.
- Research findings by McGraw-Hill
Construction projects that by 2010 between 5% and
10% of new non-residential construction starts will
be designed using the principles of green building,
creating a market for green products of between $10.2
billion and $20.5 billion.
- Sound environmental practices
will equal cost savings and efficiency and as such,
will be acknowledged as “good business”
throughout the corporate enterprise, from the general
counsel to the CEO to the Board of Directors.
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