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Nov. 24, 2023

Green (and Ungreen) Investment News - In the Past Year (Latest Stories First)
• National Grid Files Investment Plan For Resilience and Clean Energy Its Investment Plan Calls for Hundreds of Projects to Modernize and Reinforce the Local Energy Grid Nov. 17, 2023 - and Nantucket Electric Company, which are part of National Grid, filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) a Comprehensive Performance and Investment (CPI) plan designed to help deliver the clean energy transition, reinforce the local energy grid, and achieve a more equitable energy future for the 1.3 million customers the company serves across the Commonwealth. Click now for the rest of the story. • Maine Voters Stick With Investor-Owned Utilities 69% of Those Casting Ballots Rejected the Public Power Proposal Nov. 8, 2023 -Maine voters have turned down an attempt to oust the state’s corporate-owned electric utilities in favor of public power. With 84% of the vote counted by Wednesday morning, 69% of voters in Maine voted against the public power proposal. The state’s two IOUs distribute 97% of its electricity. Voters opted for the status quo over a referendum that would have marked the first time a state with existing private utilities discarded them all at the same time. The proposal called for dismantling Central Maine Power and Versant Power and creating a nonprofit utility called Pine Tree Power to govern the grid. • Mounting Anger at Utilities in Maine and Nationwide Fueled by Soaring Electric Bills Nov. 4, 2023 -Maine residents will vote Tuesday on a ballot measure that would dissolve its investor-owned utilities and replace them with a nonprofit. Last December, Ellen McCurley was settling into a calm new life, savoring sunsets from the porch of a modest riverfront home with her dogs Sadie and Maisie, when a notice from the electric company turned it all upside down. It was a nearly $1,000 bill from Central Maine Power, more than quadruple what she paid the month before. • Suing Universities for Their Fossil Fuel investments Complaints Were Filed Against Six of these Institutions Oct. 30, 2023 -Students at six universities filed legal complaints on Monday accusing their colleges of breaking a little-known law by investing in planet-heating fossil fuels, the Guardian has learned. Campus organizers from the Universities of Pennsylvania, Chicago, Tufts, Pomona College, Washington University in St Louis and Penn State University wrote to the attorneys general of their respective states to ask officials to scrutinize their universities’ investments. • Amazon’s Renewables Investments They've Contributed $5.4B to Global GDP Since 2014 Sep. 28, 2023 -Amazon announced it has built the first economic analysis to identify the impact of its renewable energy projects at the global, U.S., and state levels. Globally, from 2014 through 2022, the company's wind and solar farms helped generate $12.6 billion in investments and contributed more than $5.4 billion in global GDP, the company said. In 2022 their solar and wind farms supported 39,000 full-time equivalent jobs. • NYU Will Divest From Fossil Fuels A Win For Student Activists Sep. 12, 2023 -New York University plans to divest from fossil fuels, the Guardian has learned, following years of pressure from student activists. The move from one of the US’s largest private universities, whose endowment totals over $5bn, represents a significant win for the climate movement, organizers said. • Case Western Students Want Decisive Moves on Climate Change It’s Part of a National Movement to Have Universities’ Divest All Holdings in Fossil Fuels Aug. 29, 2023 -As the fall semester approaches, student groups at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland continue pushing for divestment from fossil fuels, among other environmentally conscious measures, as part of a larger movement that has extended throughout the nation’s college campuses. Over 100 colleges and universities in the United States have been led by student organizations in committing to divest from fossil fuels and work toward more environmentally friendly practices. • Church of England Divests From Big Oil Church Cuts Off Investments In Oil Majors Including Shell, BP and Total June 22, 2023 -The Church of England is selling all its remaining oil and gas investments, saying that “not nearly enough” progress had been made by fossil fuel companies in transitioning to net zero. The decision by the Church Commissioners for England, which manages the Anglican church’s £10.3 billion endowment fund, cuts off investments in oil majors including Shell, BP and Total.	• A New Era Begins at the World Bank Under Pressure to Juggle the Global Institution’s Ambitions to Combat Climate Change and Fight Poverty June 2, 2023 - Ajay Banga officially became the 14th president of the World Bank on Friday and urged staff to join him in developing a “new playbook” for a global institution whose relevance has come into question in recent years. • He Could Uncork Trillions to Help Fix the Planet What Steps Will Ajay Banga Take When He Becomes World Bank Chief? May 9, 2023 - What if a new world leader came on the scene who could potentially free up trillions to help developing countries cope with climate change? That’s essentially what could be happening soon at the World Bank. The bank’s mission is to help countries develop sustainably and reduce poverty. The bank advises countries on what they need to do, lending them money to get projects off the ground and guaranteeing investments from other financial institutions. • $1 Trillion Green Investment Matches Fossil Fuels for First Time Solar and Wind Power Accounted For the Biggest Chunk of 2022 Investments Jan. 26 2023 -For the first time, the world invested as much money into replacing fossil fuels as it spent on producing oil, gas and coal, according to an analysis from BloombergNEF. • Celebrities Urge UK Banks to Stop Financing Fossil Fuels Celebrities Include Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Aisling Bea Jan. 25, 2023 -It follows criticism that HSBC, Barclays, Santander, NatWest and Lloyds are funding "fossil fuel expansion" despite making green pledges. Businesses and charities like Greenpeace also back the campaign. HSBC and Barclays said they were helping their clients to cut emissions. • How Vulnerable is Wall Street to Climate Change? The Fed Wants to Find Out Jan. 21, 2023, salon -Regulators have long known that climate change poses a threat to the U.S. financial system. Major disasters like hurricanes and wildfires can wipe out buildings and crops, causing losses for the banks that make loans against these assets. Even efforts to take on climate change could cause problems: A rapid, widespread shift to renewable power could send shock waves through financial markets as stocks and bonds tied to fossil fuel companies fall, hurting the bottom line of banks, insurers, and other institutions tied to them. • $15.5bn Mobilised for Vietnam’s Coal-To-Clean Transition The Deal Will Help Vietnam to Peak Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions 5 Years Earlier Than Planned and More CLIMATE HOME NEWS, Dec. 14, 2021 -Wealthy countries and banks will provide $15.5 billion to help Vietnam transition away from coal, the UK foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. Half of the money is to come from governments, the Asian Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation. The rest will come from private investment co-ordinated by the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero. • Bay State Fund Targets $50M to Support Clean Energy Start-Ups The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Launched a New $50 Million Fund Dec. 12, 2022 -The 2030 Fund will target firms that are creating highly technical tools that are critical for decarbonization. MassCEC will focus investments made by the 2030 Fund on Net Zero grid, high-performance buildings, clean transportation, offshore wind, and other high-impact areas. Additionally, the agency plans to make commitments through 2030 on new investments, follow-on investments, and venture debt.

Investing in companies whose goal is to produce wealth while helping to preserve our planet Click on an image below to go to that site.	Of Interest • 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2022-23 Check Out the List By Tom Konrad, July 11, 2022 -With the launch of my (green dividend income focused) hedge fund early this year, I had to take a hiatus from publishing my annual list of 10 Clean Energy Stocks that I feel will do well in the coming year. Since my duty to clients takes precedence over readers, I could not tell people about stocks I liked before buying them for the fund. As we complete the first half of the year, the fund is now largely invested, although I am still keeping some buying power back in anticipation that the overall market could easily fall further, leading to even better opportunities than we see today. • Morgan Stanley Is Working Towards Sustainability Listen to "This is Carbon" - a 60 Second Video (NY Times Climate Forward), May 29, 2021 - Explore Morgan Stanley's 1-minute investment insights videos, in this on-going series, from their firm’s leading thinkers. Discover current investment trends and topics like green bonds, active investment, monetizing small businesses, cybercrime and more. • Bitcoin's Energy Hunger BitCoin Transaction Energy Costs Dec 6, 2017,(INHABITAT)-The skyrocketing value of Bitcoin is leading to soaring energy consumption. According to one widely cited website that tracks the subject, the Bitcoin network is consuming power at an annual rate of 32TWh—about as much as Denmark. By the site's calculations, each Bitcoin transaction consumes 250kWh, enough to power homes for nine days.. • Investing in Companies That Fight Pollution List of Pollution Control Stocks July 17, 2018 -Pollution control stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves technologies for removing or reducing the emissions of harmful pollutants, contaminants, and/or waste from human activity, or removing these pollutants from the environment or water. Click now for a complete list from Alt Energy Stocks. • Look Who's Investing in Solar Finance Institutions Are Making a Massive Investment in Solar Dec. 21, 2017 - The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently put its stamp on a series of financing deals that will boost solar development in India and Peru, and support new solar technology advancements. Click now to read the story from Renewable Energy World. • Investments and Environmental Risk Sovereign Investors Tweak Portfolios for Environmental Risk June 19, 2017 - Some sovereign investors are reducing their exposure to fossil fuels or seeking clean alternatives to protect their portfolios from rising environmental risk. Norway's $900 billion sovereign wealth fund (SWF) -- itself financed by oil sales -- and the New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF) are among those adjusting investments in anticipation of tougher environmental rules or damage from the impact of global warming. • What is the Green Bank? Government Contractors Will Want to Watch This Trend Carefully! May 8, 2017 -A bank located in the U.S. Northeast has drawn the attention of state officials nationwide. The three-year-old bank, however, is not your typical loans, checking account and cash services bank. The article supplies the details. • Leading the Way on Divestature The Global Movement to Divest From Fossil Fuels Is Unstoppable May 15, 2017 - Over the past 10 days the pressure to break ties with the fossil fuel industry has never been greater, as thousands of people attended over 260 events in 45 countries on six continents during the Global Divestment Mobilisation (GDM), demanding institutions divest from fossil fuels. At a time when governments are failing to meet their climate-related promises and President Trump is threatening to leave the Paris Agreement, we can’t afford to stand-by waiting for our governments to do the right thing. • Seattle Divests From Wells Fargo Seattle Votes To Divest Billions of Dollars From Wells Fargo Over Dakota Access Pipeline Feb 7, 2017 - Seattle could pull billions out of its W.F. account because of its role in the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Their City Council committee voted unanimously to divest nearly $3 billion of the city’s funds from Wells Fargo, one of 17 financial institutions involved in financing the contentious project. • Don’t Let That Investment “Go to Waste” List of Waste-to-Energy Stocks June 17, 2018 - Waste-to-energy stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves using municipal or other waste as a feedstock to create fuel or electricity. Organic matter and plastics in a waste stream can be converted to fuel and/or electricity chemically, by means of pyrolysis, biologically such as in anaerobic digestion, or by incineration. Alternatively, energy from waste can be captured from natural processes, such as in the collection of methane gas from landfills. • List of Smart Grid Stocks Publicly Traded Companies Using Technology to Efficiently Operate the Grid May 8, 2018 -There are about 30 companies that fit the bill. Click now for a list from AltEnergy Stocks. • Hi-Yield Alt. Energy Stocks List of High Yield Alternative Energy Stocks July 9, 2018 -This is a list of renewable and alternative energy stocks with dividend or distribution yields above 4%. The list includes most Yieldcos (high distribution companies that own renewable energy operations), but is not limited to Yieldcos. Some Yieldcos may be excluded if their yield is below 4%. Click now for the list from Alt Energy Stocks. • Wunder Monetizing the Fed ITC How to Monetize the Fed. Solar Investment Tax Credit Wunder Capital has designed this guide to help answer your questions about the Federal ITC and walk you through the process of how it can be monetized. Download the free PDF and learn more about it. • Infrastructure for a Green Future New Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Starts Building a Green Future July 5, 2016 -China launched the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) last year. It boasted an initial capital of $100 billion, a founding membership of 57 countries (with 24 more waiting to join end of this year), and a mandate to be “lean, clean and green.” • Tata Says ‘Tata’ to Fossil Fuels India's Tata Power to Buy $1.4BN Renewables Portfolio June 14, 2016 -Tata Power agreed to buy a 1.1-GW solar and wind portfolio from Welspun Renewable Energy in India’s biggest clean energy deal, according to an exchange filing. • Green Bond Fund for Kenya Kenya Plans Debut Green Bond to Fund Renewable Energy Projects June 13, 2016“-East Africa’s biggest economy, is in talks with international investors to prepare the sale of the country’s first green bond, Nairobi Securities Exchange Chief Executive Officer said.
Balqon It’s no secret that many market sectors have been upside-down recently, but there’s plenty of upside potential in green technology and alternative energy, especially NASDAQ green penny stocks. Bloomberg America Clean Energy Index The NYSE Bloomberg Americas Clean Energy Index is comprised of companies domiciled in North & South America that are active across the clean energy value chain. This is an investable modified market cap weighted index that uses Bloomberg New Energy Finance's proprietary rating system to determine company exposure to the clean energy sector. Published and licensed by Bloomberg & NYSE. Breakthrough Enegy Ventures Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is an investor-led fund made up of members of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, guided by scientific and technological expertise and committed to investing patiently in developing new ways to live, eat, travel, and build. Breckinridge Develops Sustainability Modeling Framework Breckinridge Capital Advisors Press Release (Boston, Dec. 4, 2012) Breckinridge Capital Advisors, a Boston-based high grade fixed income manager with $17.5 billion under management, announced today that it has developed a proprietary in-house Sustainability Modeling Framework that rates corporate and municipal bonds purchased for the portfolios Breckinridge manages for institutional and private clients. Domini Social Investments Investing for Good The world we live in today was shaped by the investment decisions made by previous generations. Today's socially responsible investors recognize this simple truth and use their investment dollars wisely, to create a better future for all. Fossil Free It's Wrong to Profit from the Wrecking of the Climate As a leading academic institution, the University of Pennsylvania has a moral and financial obligation to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Fossil Free Penn calls for the divestment of the University of Pennsylvania’s $13.8 billion endowment from fossil fuel assets. ? The fossil fuel industry is directly responsible for exacerbating climate change, disseminating false information, and funding political corruption. By actively funding these companies, the University of Pennsylvania effectively nullifies any work to mitigate climate change. Remaining invested in this industry is financially, morally, and socially reckless. Green Century Non-profit environmental advocacy organizations founded the Green Century Funds in 1991. Obtain the knowledge to invest for your own future without sacrificing environmental principles. Green Money Journal Socially Responsible Investing: Transparency, Accountability, and Profitability Investor Ideas A comprehensive directory of Global Renewable Energy Stocks in US, Canada and foreign markets, with many types of Alternative Energy sources (Bio-gas/ethanol, Wind, Tidal and Solar, to name a few) , Energy Efficiency, Fuel Cells and many more. Lime Energy As a leading national provider of energy efficiency for small business customers, Lime designs and implements direct install programs for our utility clients which consistently exceed program savings goals. Our award-winning, integrated services programs provide utilities with reliable energy efficiency resources while delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction. This next generation approach is helping utilities across the country to go deeper and broader with the cheapest, cleanest and fastest energy resource that we have – energy efficiency.	Morgan Stanley Low Carbon Investments Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced a new commitment to provide $250Bn in low-carbon financing by 2030. Contributing to this commitment are the Firm’s activities in clean-tech and renewable energy financing, sustainable bonds and other transactions that enable low-carbon solutions. As companies, governments and institutions transition to a low-carbon economy, Morgan Stanley views low-carbon financing as a win-win for business and the environment.. The Progressive Investor How and when to invest in the companies leading the way to a clean economy: fuel cells, renewable energy, green building, organic foods. It is the only newsletter that covers the top sustainable companies across the full range of industry sectors worldwide. Let us help you make informed, financially sound investments that support your ethical principles. Robecosam Sustainable Investing Sam has been named "European Thought Leader" by Funds Europe. They have also been named "Sustainable Investor of the Year" by the Financial Times of London. Click the logo on the left for more details. Rocky Mountain Institute Directs environmentally responsible investors to specialists who can offer guidance to the companies with the fitting profile. Sierra Club Mutual Funds Featuring funds GREEN enough to meet the Sierra Club's stringent environmental standards. Solar Guides Solar Energy Publicly Traded Companies in the World Winslow Green Growth Fund Principal objective is long-term outperformance relative to the market, by primarily investing in the securities of smaller capitalization companies, in a belief that their original research provides insight to unlock shareholder value in these capital markets that are often inefficiently priced. The leading voice advancing sustainable, responsible and impact investing across all asset classes. Its mission is to rapidly shift investment practices • toward sustainability, focusing on long-term investment and the generation of positive social and environmental impacts. US SIF is supported in its work by the US SIF Foundation, a 501(C)(3) organization that undertakes educational, research and programmatic activities to advance the mission of US SIF, including offering training for advisors and other financial professionals. VanEck Vectors Income With Impact Green bonds are issued to fund projects or activities that have a positive impact on the environment. Supranational organizations, banks, corporations and governments have increasingly recognized green bonds as an essential tool to finance climate-related and other environmental projects. Most green bonds are structurally identical to “plain vanilla” conventional bonds, but are distinguished by a clearly disclosed “green” use of proceeds. • Energy Information technology • Buildings • Waste and pollution • Industry • Agriculture and forestry • Transport • Adaptation Wunder Captial Wunder works with qualified solar professionals to offer simple financing packages for commercial solar PV systems across all 50 U.S. states. Our flexible debt financing options are designed specifically for the commercial solar market - providing solar loans for host-owned systems, debt capital for third-party ownership structures (such as PPAs), and short-term working capital for project development activities.

Investing in companies whose goal
is to produce wealth while
helping to preserve our planet

Click on an image below to go to that site.

Of Interest

• 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2022-23
Check Out the List

By Tom Konrad, July 11, 2022 -With the launch of my (green dividend income focused) hedge fund early this year, I had to take a hiatus from publishing my annual list of 10 Clean Energy Stocks that I feel will do well in the coming year. Since my duty to clients takes precedence over readers, I could not tell people about stocks I liked before buying them for the fund.
As we complete the first half of the year, the fund is now largely invested, although I am still keeping some buying power back in anticipation that the overall market could easily fall further, leading to even better opportunities than we see today.
• Morgan Stanley Is Working Towards Sustainability
Listen to "This is Carbon"
- a 60 Second Video
(NY Times Climate Forward), May 29, 2021 - Explore Morgan Stanley's 1-minute investment insights videos, in this on-going series, from their firm’s leading thinkers. Discover current investment trends and topics like green bonds, active investment, monetizing small businesses, cybercrime and more.
• Bitcoin's Energy Hunger
BitCoin Transaction Energy Costs
Dec 6, 2017,(INHABITAT)-The skyrocketing value of Bitcoin is leading to soaring energy consumption. According to one widely cited website that tracks the subject, the Bitcoin network is consuming power at an annual rate of 32TWh—about as much as Denmark. By the site's calculations, each Bitcoin transaction consumes 250kWh, enough to power homes for nine days..
• Investing in Companies That Fight Pollution
List of Pollution Control Stocks

July 17, 2018 -Pollution control stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves technologies for removing or reducing the emissions of harmful pollutants, contaminants, and/or waste from human activity, or removing these pollutants from the environment or water.

Click now for a complete
list from Alt Energy Stocks.
• Look Who's Investing in Solar
Finance Institutions Are Making
a Massive Investment in Solar

Dec. 21, 2017 - The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently put its stamp on a series of financing deals that will boost solar development in India and Peru, and support new solar technology advancements.

Click now to read the
story from Renewable Energy World.
• Investments and Environmental Risk
Sovereign Investors Tweak
Portfolios for Environmental Risk

June 19, 2017 - Some sovereign investors are reducing their exposure to fossil fuels or seeking clean alternatives to protect their portfolios from rising environmental risk.
Norway's $900 billion sovereign wealth fund (SWF) -- itself financed by oil sales -- and the New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF) are among those adjusting investments in anticipation of tougher environmental rules or damage from the impact of global warming.
• What is the Green Bank?
Government Contractors Will Want
to Watch This Trend Carefully!

May 8, 2017 -A bank located in the U.S. Northeast has drawn the attention of state officials nationwide. The three-year-old bank, however, is not your typical loans, checking account and cash services bank. The article supplies the details.
• Leading the Way on Divestature
The Global Movement to Divest
From Fossil Fuels Is Unstoppable

May 15, 2017 - Over the past 10 days the pressure to break ties with the fossil fuel industry has never been greater, as thousands of people attended over 260 events in 45 countries on six continents during the Global Divestment Mobilisation (GDM), demanding institutions divest from fossil fuels. At a time when governments are failing to meet their climate-related promises and President Trump is threatening to leave the Paris Agreement, we can’t afford to stand-by waiting for our governments to do the right thing.
• Seattle Divests From Wells Fargo
Seattle Votes To Divest Billions of
Dollars From Wells Fargo
Over Dakota Access Pipeline

Feb 7, 2017 - Seattle could pull billions out of its W.F. account because of its role in the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Their City Council committee voted unanimously to divest nearly $3 billion of the city’s funds from Wells Fargo, one of 17 financial institutions involved in financing the contentious project.
• Don’t Let That Investment “Go to Waste”
List of Waste-to-Energy Stocks
June 17, 2018 - Waste-to-energy stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves using municipal or other waste as a feedstock to create fuel or electricity. Organic matter and plastics in a waste stream can be converted to fuel and/or electricity chemically, by means of pyrolysis, biologically such as in anaerobic digestion, or by incineration. Alternatively, energy from waste can be captured from natural processes, such as in the collection of methane gas from landfills.
• List of Smart Grid Stocks
Publicly Traded Companies Using Technology
to Efficiently Operate the Grid

May 8, 2018 -There are about 30 companies that fit the bill.
Click now for a
list from AltEnergy Stocks.
• Hi-Yield Alt. Energy Stocks
List of High Yield
Alternative Energy Stocks

July 9, 2018 -This is a list of renewable and alternative energy stocks with dividend or distribution yields above 4%. The list includes most Yieldcos (high distribution companies that own renewable energy operations), but is not limited to Yieldcos. Some Yieldcos may be excluded if their yield is below 4%.

Click now for the list
from Alt Energy Stocks.
• Wunder Monetizing the Fed ITC
How to Monetize the Fed.
Solar Investment Tax Credit

Wunder Capital has designed this guide to help answer your questions about the Federal ITC and walk you through the process of how it can be monetized. Download the free PDF and learn more about it.
• Infrastructure for a Green Future
New Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank Starts Building a Green Future
July 5, 2016 -China launched the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) last year. It boasted an initial capital of $100 billion, a founding membership of 57 countries (with 24 more waiting to join end of this year), and a mandate to be “lean, clean and green.”
• Tata Says ‘Tata’ to Fossil Fuels
India's Tata Power to
Buy $1.4BN Renewables Portfolio

June 14, 2016 -Tata Power agreed to buy a 1.1-GW solar and wind portfolio from Welspun Renewable Energy in India’s biggest clean energy deal, according to an exchange filing.
• Green Bond Fund for Kenya
Kenya Plans Debut Green Bond
to Fund Renewable Energy Projects

June 13, 2016“-East Africa’s biggest economy, is in talks with international investors to prepare the sale of the country’s first green bond, Nairobi Securities Exchange Chief Executive Officer said.