Knowledge is power? Not according to Google and Microsoft. These firms and many others have recently rolled out energy efficiency tools designed for consumers to use on the emerging smart grid. The hope is that knowledge will bring less power, fewer blackouts and reduced carbon emissions.
Investors are beginning to sit up and take notice of [...]
In a precedent setting victory, a shareholder resolution filed by Trillium Asset Management Corporation (“Trillium”), As You Sow, and Calvert that asked Idaho Power to establish greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets received 52% of the vote. This is the first time a climate change resolution has received a majority vote — the first majority vote recorded for [...]
The PowerShares Global Clean Energy Portfolio (PBD – AMEX) is a global clean energy exchange traded fund (ETF) that was launched in June. It is significantly more diversified than the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW), which was launched in early 2005. That makes it the best single security for investors to gain exposure to [...]
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