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 Dorothy
Hinchcliff is editor of FA online and FA green, as well as managing
editor of Financial Advisor magazine. She has spent more than 15 years
as an editor and reporter covering personal finance and other business
issues.
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As an investor, you should know that the cosmetics and personal care
industry is under attack. As an individual, you should know that you may
be using products every day on your body that have ingredients linked
to cancer, birth defects and learning disabilities.
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You’re going to be surprised where the controversial chemical bisphenol
A—which has been linked to significant health problems—is showing up now.
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Jeremy Grantham won’t win many friends among people who believe climate
change is a hoax. On the other hand, those investors and fund companies
who see dollar signs when they think of climate change also may be
disappointed, albeit a little less so, in his views.
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I’m really interested in what the BP oil spill is going to do to our
food supply. So when I came across this article today, I shuddered.
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I’m sure you’ve been reading and hearing many accounts of the ongoing BP
crisis. However, one I read recently does a particularly good job of
assessing the company’s troubles and recommends how investors should
respond.
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Royal Dutch Shell’s announcement
today that it will buy closely held East Resources Inc., a natural
gas
explorer that’s been very actively working in the Marcellus Shale region
of New
York and Pennsylvania, highlights the intense and rapidly growing
interest in
shale-gas production. The problem
is that multinationals with deep pockets like Shell and Exxon could
accelerate
these explorations even more, before stakeholders get the answers they
want on
the impact to the environment, including potential
threats to drinking water and public health.
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Exxon Mobil will be the next company to be in the spotlight for what it
is—or is not doing—when it uses a controversial means of extracting
natural gas that environmentalists say could threaten drinking water,
public health and shareholder value.
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I like the idea of the United States encouraging renewable
energy and energy efficiency. But would making my own
home
more energy efficient be worth the money? Should we install solar?
Geothermal?
Or just a new furnace? Would the $1,500 federal tax credit and New
Jersey’s
rebate make our plan worthwhile?
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Coca-Cola may be on top when it comes to soft-drink sales, but it's a
laggard when it comes to revealing how it's responding to public concerns about a chemical—bisphenol A
(BPA)—that's been linked to
significant health problems and is used in the lining of its cans. Nevertheless, shareholder activists did make some headway at Coke's
annual meeting Wednesday when a resolution they sponsored looking for the
company to disclose BPA information got 22% of the vote.
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A particular group of new mutual funds might be perfect for financial
advisors who aren’t well versed in socially responsible investing but
who have some clients—or potential clients—who would like to invest that
way.
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