]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/investing Blog Articles Tagged with 'investing' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/141687?rsstype=tag&tag=investing My contribution for Blog Action Day and its focus on eliminating poverty looks at three organizations working to create positive change for the billions of people living this moment in poverty:The UN Millennium Project:Commissioned in 2002 by ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/141687?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:21:15 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141684?rsstype=tag&tag=investing By Lester BrownAs fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging in the United States. The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141684?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:15:56 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141605?rsstype=tag&tag=investing By Joseph Romm Last week I critiqued EDF's pointless video/graphics competition (see here). The contest is pointless because a carbon cap can't cure our oil addiction. Indeed, under any plausible cap, U.S. oil consumption rises. Gernot Wagner, a... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141605?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:19:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/141381?rsstype=tag&tag=investing This is a continuation of a series looking into the financial stability ofcompanies in Energy Tech Stocks' Wise Energy Use index, described in part 1. Thefirst article in the series looks at threeefficient lighting companies, while this one looks... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/141381?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:46:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/141259?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Attendees at Day One of the inaugural Social Capital Markets 2008 Conference (SOCAP08) were greeted by a sunny day at San Francisco's Fort Mason and capacity crowds wherever they turned. Registration went well over the expected 300 to reach almost 6... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/141259?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:05:08 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/141228?rsstype=tag&tag=investing There have been a number of good stories and blog postings about the extent to which the credit crunch and its economic downside will hurt renewable energy projects and act as a drag on cleantech financing. Here's my own take on how things are playin... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/141228?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:52:25 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/141260?rsstype=tag&tag=investing The European Union and European Industry today announced plans to make fuel cells and hydrogen one of Europe's leading new strategic energy technologies of the future. According to some, fuel cells, as an efficient conversion technology, and hydrogen... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/141260?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:14:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/141170?rsstype=tag&tag=investing The Independent writes that top economists and United Nations leaders are working on a Green New Deal to create millions of jobs, revive the world economy, slash poverty and avert environmental disaster, as the financial markets plunge into their d... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/141170?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:31:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141101?rsstype=tag&tag=investing By Kate SheppardIn Toledo, Ohio, on Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama unveiled his Economic Rescue Plan for the Middle-Class -- a new $60 billion economic stimulus package, to be added to an already-proposed $115 billion stimul... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141101?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:38:02 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/141063?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Oil prices quietly (at least in the cleantech world), slipped below $80 last week, off some 50% from their highs a few months ago. Did I say 50%? Yes 50%. And gas has slipped, too, as with some variations, natural gas historically trades at a roughly... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/141063?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:25:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141026?rsstype=tag&tag=investing By Ben TuxworthBen Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- It's official: we haven't had a financial crisis like this since at least 1603, a... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141026?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:50:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140932?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Oil prices quietly (at least in the cleantech world), slipped below $80 last week, off some 50% from its highs a few months ago. Did I say 50%? Yes 50%. And gas has slipped, too, as with some variations, natural gas historically trades at a roughly 1... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140932?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:04:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140951?rsstype=tag&tag=investing By Miles GrantWho are you to deny me my two-car garage filled with junk, an elegant dining room I'll never use, and massive heating/cooling bills?That's the basic response from critics when greens question McMansions in particular and our consumer cu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140951?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:36:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/140817?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Former oilman, corporate raider cum alternative energy proponent, T. Boone Pickens' highly, and largely self-promoted Pickens Plan only has it half-right as far as charting a course that will lead to a more secure, cleaner energy future for th... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/140817?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/140818?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Paying attention to the news lately, you can't avoid hearing about the economy and who needs to be bailed out next. What I haven't seen, though, is a discussion that takes a step back and asks, What would an economy look like that doesn't need to be... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/140818?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/140769?rsstype=tag&tag=investing OpportunityOn Friday, October 10, 2008, I stopped beingbearish for the first time since the 1990s. My long term expectationof a crash that didn't come had been undermining my self confidence. Eventhe decline in 2001 and 2002 had not seemed severe... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alt-energy-stocks/140769?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:37:31 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/140583?rsstype=tag&tag=investing When the current crisis began with the fall of Lehman, I decided to get out of my most speculative and worst capitalized Renewable Energy companies, and I wrote a series of articles on each. Now, I'm looking exclusively at companies involved in ene... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/140583?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:52:41 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/140584?rsstype=tag&tag=investing My partners and I received a couple angry emails because of what I consider very well reasoned arguments as to why Barack Obama would be better on Energy and Climate than John McCain. It still shocks me that anyone interested in alternative energy i... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/140584?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:29:08 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/140515?rsstype=tag&tag=investing When I made my $1,000 bet that oil prices wouldn't reach $100 in 2007, I felt like that was a pretty safe bet. Up until about the first week of September in 2007, it was looking like I was cruising to an easy win. But then oil prices went on an unpre... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/140515?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:11:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/139985?rsstype=tag&tag=investing China is one of the most polluted countries in the world. But they are not unaware of the ill effects of the excessive use of fossil fuels. They are paying attention to lessening the environmental effects of the poisonous gases. China is making rapi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/139985?rsstype=tag&tag=investing Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:18:13 -0400