So-called  "green" initiatives aren't a panacea but a step in the right direction, says Joseph A. Stanislaw, a senior advisor to Deloitte LLP and founder of the JA Stanislaw Group LLC. Such initiatives, he says, aren't the "magic bullet" that will resolve the world's energy concerns. But he doesn't dismiss such initiatives. Rather, he feels they can provoke a necessary next phase of global development in energy and economic sectors.

In a recent paper, he focused on the three interconnected mandates driving clean-energy evolution in the United States: environmental protection, creation of sustainable jobs and enhanced national security.

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