Will the credit crunch cripple cleantech?

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BusinessGreen.com asks the great and the good of the City's investment community whether recent financial turmoil will derail the cleantech boom

With Bear Stearns and Northern Rock having already fallen victim to the global credit crunch and doom mongers predicting recession could be on the way, can the cleantech sector continue its recent investment...

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