In a sharply worded analysis that will cause fear and trembling in the U.S. cleantech industry, a group of three research and policy organizations have produced a report saying that a cleantech collapse is imminent in this country unless subsidies, incentives, and federal policies are extended and reformed.

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While final root cause analysis is in progress, this issue appears to be due to a time calculation that was incorrect for the leap year.

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So far, working with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Diversa has used its patented protein-analysis technology to identify proteins in the organisms that cause plague and anthrax.

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The Environmental Protection Agency calls radon "extremely toxic, " and the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis in 1998 listed it as the most frequent cause of premature death from a hazard in the home.

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Objective Analysis believes that capital spending trends in 2009 and 2010 will cause a 2012 downturn.

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"Cheshire police recently did a root-cause analysis of more than 2, 000 incidents in a 12 month period and found they were linked to alcohol, drugs, driving and mental health issues, " she said.

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In those and many other sectors, developing a meaningful linkage with a particular cause requires more analysis and creativity.

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