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Earth Day: Battelle Top 10 List Forecasts Emerging Green Technologies

April 22, 2008

In 1970, Kermit the Frog crooned, "It's not that easy being green, having to spend each day the color of the leaves." Welcome to the 21st century, Kermit.

Sandy Smith

1. Increased Use of Renewable and Sustainable Fuels for Electric Power Generation.

2. Water Resource Management, Including Reuse and Recycling of Water.

3. Carbon Regulations and Policy.

4. Green is Good Business.

5. The Greening of Transportation.

6. Increasing Availability of Green Products and Services.

7. A Systems Approach to Environmental Analysis.

8. Increasing Impact of the World's Growing Urban Population on Resources.

9. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Used in Place of Traveling.

10. Green Buildings.

About the Author

Sandy Smith

Sandy Smith is the former content director of EHS Today, and is currently the EHSQ content & community lead at Intelex Technologies Inc. She has written about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990.

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