]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/stocks-and-investing Stocks & Investing - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78772?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 We noticed changes in the works a while back- interesting and talented people, like Geoff Manough of BLDGBLOG and Sarah Rich of Inhabitat and Worldchanging (and others from prefabland who we can't confirm) were showing up for work at Dwell, leaving ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:22:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78772?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/78005?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Google.org recently rolled out five core initiatives that will be the focus of its philanthropic efforts over the next five to ten years. Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, will collaborate with experienced partners working in each of these... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/78005?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77202?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, Chrysler, Nissan, South/Latin AmericaChrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., have announced that they have reached an agreement in which Nissan will provide Chrysler a car, to be distributed only in South America, ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:31:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77202?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77067?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, GMThere are already millions of flex-fuel vehicles on the road today, and manufacturers like General Motors have committed to building many, many more. In fact, GM has plans for half of their entire fleet of automotiv... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:38:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77067?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76940?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Germany's HEAG S dhessische Energie AG (HSE) announced it is investing 12.5 million in a biomass cogeneration plant in the harbor of Aschaffenburg, a large town in northwest Bavaria located on the bank of the Main. The power plant will provide 30... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:29:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76940?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76885?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Image courtesy of ilkerenderIn a move widely predicted by both government watchers and environmental groups, the British government has approved the construction of a new set of nuclear power stations. John Hutton, the Labour business secretary, made... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76885?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76487?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Filed under: Etc., Mitsubishi, South/Latin AmericaMitsubishi has announced that it's investing some profits to protect a beautiful portion of landscape in Patagonia. The company's Foundation for Americas (MCFA) will deliver a million dollars to the W... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:47:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76487?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Claims that tropical forests are declining cannot be backed up by hard evidence, according to new research from the University of Leeds. This major challenge to conventional thinking is the surprising finding of a study published today in the Proceed... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76206?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Filed under: Biodiesel, Manufacturing/PlantsAfter investing $1.8 million in a biodiesel plant (out of a planned investment of beween $35 and 50 million), Ormat Industries will be postponing further development in the facility. The idea had been to us... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:50:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76206?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76143?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 In a highly interesting development, Oxford Catalysts Group PLC, a catalyst innovator for clean fuels, announces that it has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Novus Energy, LLC, a Minneapolis-based renewable fuels company, to develop technol... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:21:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76143?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76011?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 By Tom PhilpottWhile the farm bill wallows about in Congress, awaiting reconciliation between House and Senate versions, some state and local governments are making their own smart food policies, investing public resources in the worthwhile goal of r... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:17:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76011?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/75835?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 The Superbus: high-speed, all electric and powered by carbon-negative bio-electricity... the future of mass mobility?With continuing high energy prices, bioenergy and biofuels are set to see another year of large investments. Most of these will go i... Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/75835?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/solar-intelligence/75736?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 article from PopularMechanics.com By Logan WardPhotographs by Ofer WolbergerKEYWORDS * infrastructure * energy * Green Design * waste * waterEvery day, a few hundred thousand vehicles cross the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, their ... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:59:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/solar-intelligence/75736?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75677?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 By Tom PhilpottAmid vague talk of how $100/barrel oil might represent a kind of sea change, inspiring corporations and individuals to lower their carbon footprints, the smart money is betting on another direction: the burning of more coal.That's a ha... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:11:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75677?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/75624?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Boston-Power, Inc., a rapidly growing provider of first-to-market portable power solutions, recently announced $45 million in new funding. The Series C round was led by Oak Investment Partners and included existing blue-chip investors Venrock Associa... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/75624?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/75417?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 The clean energy sector powered ahead in 2007, according to an analysis by New Energy Finance. In spite of difficult conditions on the credit markets, the amount of new money invested in the sector grew to $117.2bn, up 41% from 2006's $83.0bn, and mo... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:26:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/75417?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/75207?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Last year, the WorldWatch Institute made the counterintuitive and controversial suggestion that high prices for agricultural commodities, partly boosted by biofuels, will benefit the world's poorest because the vast majority of them are farmers. Writ... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:40:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/75207?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/74966?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, ChinaPetrochina Co Ltd, China's largest oil and gas producer, has announced plans to invest 800 million yuan (about $110 million) to build a non-grain ethanol plant in the southern region of Sichuan, in Nanchong. The ... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:57:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/74966?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/74837?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Filed under: Ethanol, EV/Plug-inVinod Khosla has challenged conventional ideas on the cost of ethanol and then walked the walked by investing in America's first cellulosic ethanol plant. What does Vinod think about plug-in cars and battery technology... Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:38:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/74837?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74759?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Image courtesy of zouzouwizmanNigeria's government has just announced its intention to make another round of investments in solar energy to supply up to 10 rural communities that currently lack access to the national power grid. The initiative, funde... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:45:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74759?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/74747?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 By biodiversivistVinod Khosla recently posted this comment titled: Numbers Matter Here: Support your statements over on Joseph Romm's post. There is nothing wrong with an individual who believes in a given product to risk some of his wealth invest... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:57:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/74747?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/solar-intelligence/74744?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Vestas Winds Systems A/S (VWSYF) Thursday said it has received an order from the AES Corporation (AES) for delivery of 52 units of the V90-3.0 MW wind turbine.It said the contract includes delivery, installation and commission... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:20:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/solar-intelligence/74744?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/74573?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Since the beginning of 2005 there have been something close to 700 cleantech venture capital financing rounds in North America (using a broad definition of cleantech , of course). Even accounting for multiple rounds per startup, this still mea... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:22:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/74573?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74527?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 The world's largest biogas plant manufacturer Schmack Biogas AG and HgCapital, a leading private equity investor in Europe's renewables sector, have signed a 130 ($189) million framework agreement that will run until 2010. Under the agreement, Sch... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:21:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74527?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ethablog/74513?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 The issue of whether the Brazilian economy can decouple from the fate of the economies of the U.S. and Europe remains a nagging one, with many economists and academics arguing that other countries would pick up the slack in the event of an OECD-led e... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ethablog/74513?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/law-and-environment/75974?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 As companies prepare for their SEC filings and issuance of annual reports the question of climate risk disclosure becomes an issue to consider. With the events and rapid developments in the courts, states, Congress, and in Bali, companies may find it... Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:00:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/law-and-environment/75974?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74177?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Producing bioenergy while contributing towards development in poor countries - this is the first goal of a new French company created by French syndicalists (farm union leaders) and supported by the French Agency for Development Cooperation. Agro Ene... Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:43:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74177?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/solar-intelligence/74145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Geothermal Energy Stock List - Publicly-traded geothermal power investmentsarticle from : SolarIntell.com - Guide to Alternative Energy Investing WebsitesFind info on geothermal power investments, geothermal energy investing, geothermal stocks, geoth... Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/solar-intelligence/74145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/73945?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Loyal Cleantech Investing readers We'd like to invite you to participate in a very brief year-end survey, to share your thoughts on 2007 and predictions for 2008. This is your opportunity to share your opinions on the market with your peers and ... Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:38:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/73945?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/73961?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Much is expected of biotechnology this century. The prospect of a growing world population and increasing energy needs has prompted plant scientists to design new crops that must make it possible to both feed the planet and provide it with climate fr... Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:28:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/73961?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/73884?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Solar Power, Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules and marketer, designer and installer of PV solar electric systems for commercial, public and residential customers in the United States, announced recently that it h... Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/73884?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ethablog/73853?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned energy company, today announced the discovery of new reserves of light crude in the Santos basin. The company's endeavors in the oil sector are of importance to the further development of the Brazilian biofuels in... Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:27:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ethablog/73853?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/73802?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 This week has already seen several new deal announcements and other developments in energy-efficient lighting:Element Labs, a provider of LED-based products for entertainment, architecture and signage applications, has raised a $12.75mm Series B (not... Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:30:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/73802?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/73702?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 The Iowa State University Extension's annual survey on land prices shows that because of a surging demand for corn and soybeans for a rapidly expanding biofuels industry farmland prices in Iowa keep breaking records. The average value of an acre of f... Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:45:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/73702?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/73654?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 The central question, then, is not whether we want Big Business, but what we want of it; and what organization of Big Business and of the society it serves is best equipped to [help us] realize our wishes and demands... -Peter DruckerOn Monday Sha... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:39:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/73654?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/73592?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 French photovoltaic utility Solaire Direct and a leading French bank, Caisse des Depots, announced a JV company, Solaire Durance, which will build 32MWp in the South of France (Var region). The 32MWp will be split among 5 different solar parks, and t... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:38:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/73592?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/73594?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Venture capitalists are expecting to see green in the technology sector this coming year, and that is not just inside their wallets, as clean efficient technologies in the life sciences and the Internet are predicted to explode.In fact, the industry ... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:37:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/73594?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73563?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 By Tom PhilpottIn 2005, Monsanto bought Seminis, the world's largest vegetable-seed company. At the time, Monsanto -- which enjoys a dominant position in the global market for GM soy, corn, and cotton traits -- claimed it had no imminent plans to sub... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:18:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73563?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 By JMGSam Smith, inimitable editor of The Progressive Review, perhaps the world's first progressive blog (if you count its days as a print publication), reports that even he finds it difficult to bring up discussions of population. I have experien... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:25:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gog2g-converting-green-to-green/73421?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 With all the frenzy surrounding the energy bill, ethanol stocks have greatly benefited. Pacific Ethanol shares have shot up 27.98% to $7.73 since the Senate passed its version of the bill last Thursday. Shares of Aventine and VeraSun have risen 12.93... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:40:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gog2g-converting-green-to-green/73421?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/73344?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64 Say hello to the green exchange, spearheaded by a leading cast of energy and environmental brokers -investors- who are launching a new exchange for trading credits that offset the global warming greenhouse gas emissions. This exchange is expected to ... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:06:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/73344?rsstype=populararticles&cid=64