It comes at a time when increasing numbers of Americans and American businesses are recognizing the need to accelerate clean energy technologies for economic and environmental gains.

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Bigger environmental gains have been observed in no-till agriculture.

ECONOMIST: What the birds and bees say

Neil Stoddart, a forest district manager for the Forestry Commission at Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, said although conifer production was an important part of rural economic development, it could be balanced with environmental gains.

BBC: Woodland care 'harming' habitats

The opponents of the project worry that the vast club will choke their scenic city of red-roofed stone houses and aquamarine sea, dubbed the Pearl of the Adriatic, and would represent an environmental hazard without bringing financial gains for Dubrovnik residents.

NPR: Croatia's Referendum On Golf Project Fails

The gains, from the environmental point of view, have not been huge, but neither have the losses.

CNN: Environmental Legislation Going Nowhere Fast

Moreover, even if the speculation proves to be valid and the benefits of some genetically engineered crops do decline over time, that doesn't diminish the prodigious gains--humanitarian, economic and environmental--that will already have accrued.

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For all the attention given to technologies like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, some of the greatest gains to be made in reducing the environmental risks of natural-gas production come from simple things like the proper pouring of cement well casings and the proper handling of chemicals and wastewater, so that they do not spill or seep into streams or water supplies.

WSJ: Is Natural Gas the Road to a Clean Energy Future?