Austin: Greener Than Al Gore and Melissa Etheridge Combined

Apparently our fair city is besting all others when it comes to "cleantech" (green technology) startups. According to the Austin Business Journal, we're home to seven of these forward-looking paragons of environmental innovation, including startups developing wind and geothermal energy technologies, and one working on something mindblowingly called "Internet-controlled irrigation."

For those keeping track, we beat out San Jose, Berkeley, Pasadena, and Boston for the top spot.

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