Are clean technologies really that clean?

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Autodesk sustainability chief warns green businesses need to face up to their "dirty secret"

Clean tech firms such as solar panel manufacturers and wind turbine companies are compromising their sustainability claims by failing to account for the environmental impact of the materials they use....

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