Analysis: Silicon Valley all aglow on green lighting

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Climate bill seen raising gasoline prices

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Point Carbon, a market analysis firm, estimated on Thursday U.S. gasoline prices would rise an average of 27 cents per gallon from 2013 to 2020 if expected U.S. climate legislation led by Senator John Kerry becomes law.

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Startup GreenRoad gets funding from Gore, Branson

SAN FRANCISCO (Private Equity Week) – Sir Richard Branson and former Vice President Al Gore share a passion for environmentalism and are now co-investors in startup GreenRoad Technologies.

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VC sees IPO promise for “quality” green firms

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Following a successful public debut of one of its companies last year, a San Francisco venture capital firm is now guiding two more of its green portfolio firms to raise money in the public markets.

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Think electric carmaker to invest in U.S. plant

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Norwegian electric car maker Think Global said it plans to build vehicles in the United States in 2011 and has picked a site in Indiana for its U.S. manufacturing facility.

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