President Barack
Obama must fight to defend rules cutting global-warming emissions that
some lawmakers have vowed to block, said the head of the
Natural Resources Defense Council.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
NASDAQ OMX announced today that it launched another 10 Green Economy indexes, bringing its total number of green indexes to 77.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Prudential Financial Inc. expects to save $3 million in energy costs as a result of installing solar panels on three
office buildings.
by
Ray Fazzi
The Environmental Protection Agency's effort to give states a leading
role in curbing pollution tied to global warming failed to satisfy the
agency's critics in business and the U.S. Congress.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The world's largest stock exchange company has made a big commitment to
green investing with the introduction of 66 new indexes that track the
clean energy and environmental sectors, as well as...
President Barack Obama distanced himself from the "cap-and-trade"
program he once backed, saying
he wants to work with Republicans to find other ways to curb carbon
emissions.
Abu Dhabi's Shams solar power plant will receive less energy
than planned because dust particles in the area are blocking
sunlight, a Masdar official said.
Demand for hybrid cars and electric vehicles may be more modest than advocates
expected, capturing only 7.3%
of global sales by 2020, according to J.D. Power &
Associates.
Clean-energy investors and environmentalists in California raised $11.9
million in the past two weeks to snuff out a challenge, backed by oil
refiners, to the state's global-warming laws.
by
Karen DeMasters
Some U.S. utilities face water shortages, and that may affect their ability to pay bond holders, a new report says.
The clean-energy industry may attract record spending of almost $200 billion this year, according to a new forecast.
A year after winning power and inheriting a country mired in the red, the Greek prime minister is turning back to an election pledge to go green.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed new "green" advertising
guidelines that warn against making unsupported or misleading
environmental claims.
President Obama will have solar panels put back on the roof of the
White House to demonstrate that renewable-energy technology is
practical for U.S. homeowners.
Former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman, running to
replace Arnold Schwarzenegger as California's governor, opposes
a ballot measure to block the state's landmark greenhouse-gas law.
by Bloomberg News
Sharp
Corp. agreed to acquire Recurrent
Energy for as much as $305 million as it attempts to expand
renewable-energy operations amid increasing competition with Chinese
makers.
by Bloomberg News
Wind turbine installations will grow more slowly in the U.S., the
world's second-largest market, because of an "unfavorable" policy
environment and "adverse" macro-economic conditions.
NYSE Euronext, the biggest operator of U.S. stock exchanges, formed a
joint venture to expand its trading volume in electricity,
renewable energy and carbon dioxide allowances.
by Marla Brill
With nearly $11 billion in public value, Tempe, Ariz.-based First Solar
is one of the few ways to invest in a young
industry through an established U.S. company with a strong financial...
by Bruce W. Fraser
This ultra-light metal may help advance the electric car and energy storage industries. Here's how to invest.
