Banks should finance energy efficiency loans, not subprime mortgages

by Mindy Lubber

Banks and other financial institutions could refurbish their tarnished reputations by using their smarts to innovate new financial products that actually help average Americans while addressing some of the nation's greatest challenges: unemployment, economic competitiveness, national security and climate change.

That may sound like a tall order, but the clean energy solutions to the climate challenge not only reduce pollution, they create jobs, promote American innovation and technology, and boost energy independence.

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