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The GreenBiz State of Green Business report came out today, and while it includes a few rays of light–a booming renewable energy market kicked off by dropping polysilicon prices, the continued interest of companies and investors in non-financial data, and the astronomical growth in cleantech-related patents filed over the past few years–overall it tells the story of a short-sighted economic recovery. [In the interest of full disclosure, I contributed to the report.]