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"We see this is a disappointing setback," Mr. Gala said, "but by no means the end of the larger effort to clean up consumer choices".
"They are taking water from a national forest that desperately needs that water," said Michael O'Heaney, executive director at the Story of Stuff, a group that advocates to clean up consumer culture.
For those of us immersed in changing public policy -- whether that means affordable health care, clean energy, consumer protection, financial regulation or another issue -- this has been a season of intense involvement.
Flexible electronics that utilize bendable and foldable components have potentially broad impact in many applications including clean energy, consumer electronics, and biomedical devices.
(The chap has had a rejuvenating name change, however: he used to be called Mr Veritably Clean).One consumer-goods company that has fought as heroically as any against the onset of middle-age lethargy is P&G.
Lacking disclosure rules, these corporate-funded groups provide anonymity for some of the wealthiest Americans and most well-known corporations as they spend millions to fight popular clean air laws, consumer protections against predatory lending, and a host of other common sense safeguards for consumers, workers and the environment.
This is happening in industries from health care to clean technology to consumer products.
It will be different from the first, with more local winners rather than Silicon Valley-groomed start-ups and a broader array of successful companies in biomedical, clean tech and consumer goods–not just the Internet and wireless communications.
DFJ's cleantech investments include about 40 portfolio companies today, and a range of well-known brands in clean energy and consumer green technology: Good Guide, EnerNOC, Solar Junction, Tesla, BrightSource and Solar City among them.
