He argues that the opportunity for businesses and investors to get on the ground floor of new green technology is now.

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This is why the Chinese government has chosen to invest in developing new green energy technology.

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She is currently developing a Green Network for JobThread, a New York based technology start-up, and has previously worked with Sosauce, Justmeans, Sparkseed, and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.

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This has opened a window of opportunity for the Chinese government to finance, and for Chinese technology companies to develop, then manufacture these new green products.

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To ring in the New Year we also rounded up the top green transportation and wearable technology posts, and we're inviting all our reader to vote on the stories they liked best!

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And Ritter's already ahead in this new derby, trying to position the state as a hotbed for green technology development.

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It will include immigration reform, tougher measures to stem an epidemic of gun violence, new measures to curb the emissions of carbon gases, new spending that not only build and repair infrastructure but prepare for the green technology jobs of tomorrow.

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In green building news, we shined the spotlight on NASAs new Sustainability Base (which is packed with technology developed for the International Space Station).

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