Banks shift billions and billions into clean energy

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Clean energy financing to the tune of $150bn by Goldman Sachs, $100bn by Citi, $62bn by Wells Fargo — is starting to add up to real money

Follow the money, the advice goes, because the trail indicates where the future is headed. The largest US finance and banking companies lately are putting big money into renewable energy lending and...

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