The Daily Sprout

Cleantech Funds Grow and Deals Abound: The New York State Common Retirement Fund and Foundation Capital are both expanding their cleantech funds. Plus this post has a round up of 11 cleantech funding deals over the past week – Cleantech Media.

US “Splash and Dash” Biofuels Sink UK: Citing U.S. biodiesel imports, British biofuel maker D1 Oils said it’s closing all of its refineries after racking up £46m is losses last year. Now D1 says it will concentrate on growing jatropha plants in a partnership with BP – The Guardian.

Green Desktop Computer Roundup: It turns out those mini computers pack a lot of punch in both the computing power and energy savings. PC Magazine breaks down the innards and design of several small desktop computers to show you how green they are – Good Clean Tech.

Global Warming Kills 150,000 Annually: A new report from the Center for American Progress, using data from the World Health Organization, says that global warming is killing off a mid-sized city’s worth of people through the spread of infectious diseases and crop failures. Nothing like some hard data to bring you down – CNet.

“Should Managers Have a Green Hippocratic Oath?”: What is the role of corporations in the new era of “creative capitalism?” What are the obligations of the responsible corporation beyond their Wall Street interests? – Harvard Business Review, via Planet2025 News.

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