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The Future of Clean Energy Technology
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) attempts to reduce carbon emissions from American cars, power plants and factories by 83 percent over the next 40 years. This pending legislation, which passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week in a 33-25 vote, embraces several positive concepts. Most promising is its emphasis on increased funding and infrastructure for clean energy innovation and its rapid commercialization. It is worth exploring these provisions in the bill, as well as its flaws.
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From the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship Blog
This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
After a quiet week on Capitol Hill, a number of hearings are slated for this week. SBIR and STTR reauthorization gets a look on both sides of the Hill on Thursday morning as the House and Senate examine the programs and proposals to continue them. [More]
House Gives Vote of Confidence to Entrepreneurs
As part of an effort to get our economy back on track, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill designed to provide small businesses and entrepreneurs with new and expanded assistance. H.R. 2352, the Job Creation through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009 promises to assist small business owners or aspiring entrepreneurs to get access to finance, training and education. [More]
Where are the Friendly Banks?
A new study from the SBA Office of Advocacy shows that small business and microloans increased in 2008--and it identifies the banks in each state that loaned the most. [More]
NAS Study on SBIR Adds Hope for VC Industry
A new study from the National Academy of Sciences suggests that "Restricting access to SBIR funding for firms that benefit from venture investments would thus appear to disproportionately affect some of the most commercially promising small innovative firms." [More]
More VC Leadership at the SBA
President Obama's nomination for the Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration is currently the managing director in the technology practice at Wisconsin-based firm Venture Investors LLC. [More]
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