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Sept. 7, 2025

Green (and Ungreen) Investment News - In the Past Year (Latest Stories First)
• Appeals Court Says EPA Can Recover ‘Green Bank’ Funds The Latest on Green Bank Funding {Energy Central} Sept. 2, 2025 -A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that EPA can void $20B in climate law grants that have been in limbo at Citibank for a year. The ruling would allow EPA to reclaim the balance of those grants. Next steps: The court said EPA can’t claw back the funds for one week—giving plaintiffs time to appeal. • Wall Street Sees Decline in Dealmaking for Oil and Gas Clients Banks’ Fossil Fuel Heel Turn {Bloomberg} August 5, 2025 -Wall Street has seen a significant decline in its financing of fossil fuel projects, as markets prove more powerful than net zero goals in shaping loan and bond portfolios. In all, financing provided to oil, gas and coal projects by Wall Street’s top six banks fell 25% to $73 billion this year through Aug. 1 from the same period in 2024, • Banks Told to Dump Fossil Fuels to Meet New Net Zero Standard The Science Based Targets Initiative Says That, to Be 1.5C-Aligned, Financial Institutions Must Stop Funding Firms That are Expanding Fossil Fuel Production {CLIMATE HOME NEWS} July 24, 2025 -This week, the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) launched a net zero standard for banks, asset managers and insurance companies, which requires them to end financing for firms that are expanding coal projects immediately and for those expanding oil and gas projects by 2030. SBTi, a non-governmental organisation funded by corporations and philanthropies, said that nearly 135 financial institutions on six continents have signed up to the new standard, which was four years in the making. • US Clean-Energy Project Cancellations Hit GOP Districts Hardest Clean Energy Investments in the US are Shrinking Due to the Rollback of Tax Incentives and Policy Uncertainties Under the Trump Administration {Bloomberg Green} June 23, 2025 -Over $15.5 billion in new factories and clean energy projects have been canceled or delayed since January, including $9 billion worth of investments in GOP districts, which would have created nearly 12,000 new jobs. The clean energy industry is losing investments at a time when utilities need to meet growing power demand, and further cancellations are expected if Congress passes a tax-and-spending bill that guts clean energy tax credits. • Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025 Businesses have pulled the plug on big projects amid Trump’s retreat on climate action. But... May 29, 2025 -Businesses have cancelled or delayed more than $14 billion of investments in U.S. clean energy projects so far this year, reflecting their uncertainty and pessimism over federal support amid President Donald Trump’s climate policy retreat, industry analysts reported Thursday. The sector still is showing resilience—at least $4.2 billion in new renewable energy, grid, electric vehicle and battery projects were announced over the same time period, from January through April, according to the tracking report by the nonprofit group Environmental Entrepreneurs, or E2, and its research partner, Atlas Public Policy. • Global Investment in the Energy Transition Exceeded $2 Trillion for the First Time in 2024 Investment in the Energy Transition is Higher Than Ever, But Growth has Slowed Jan. 21, 2025 -Investment in the low-carbon energy transition worldwide grew 11% to hit a record $2.1 trillion in 2024, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2025, an annual report released today by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF). Growth was driven by electrified transport, renewable energy, and power grids, which all reached new highs last year, along with energy storage investment. While overall investment in energy transition technologies set a new record, the pace of growth was slower than the previous three years, when investment jumped by 24-29% annually.	• The New Climate Gold Rush Scrubbing Carbon From the Sky Dec. 23, 2024 - This summer, Bill Gates huddled in London with representatives of some of the world’s wealthiest people, including the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, the SoftBank founder, Masayoshi Son, and Prince al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia. They were evaluating their joint investments in companies that could help the world combat climate change. Among the businesses in their portfolio, four stood out as having a particularly audacious goal: They were working to strip carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, for a profit. • Harvard University Doubles Down on Emissions Reductions Will New Clean Energy Funding On and Off Campus Be Enough to Meet Its Ambitious Climate Goals? Dec. 2, 2024 - Harvard University has taken two major steps toward reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, making significant investments in renewables and energy efficiency as it seeks to eliminate its use of fossil fuels by 2050. The investments come as the university’s earlier emissions reductions of 30 percent since 2006 have been partially reversed as Harvard bounced back from the Covid pandemic while expanding its campus in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. • Greening Our Investments - It’s Not That Hard And There’s A Bonus Nov. 18, 2024 -With the world on track for its hottest year in modern history, maybe you’ve decided to invest your money in a way that’s better for the planet. Fossil fuel emissions are the largest driver of global warming, yet many of us endorse the biggest corporate offenders with a piece of our paycheck, at least indirectly, when saving and investing for retirement. • UK Has ‘Huge Opportunity’ to Lead On Green Investment, Starmer Says PM Says Britain Can ‘Win the Race’ as Trump’s Election Casts Doubt on Global Efforts to Tackle Climate Change Nov. 12, 2024 - Britain has a “huge opportunity” to get ahead of other countries in the race for green investment after the election of Donald Trump as US president, Keir Starmer has said, as he arrives in Azerbaijan for the Cop29 summit. Trump’s election victory last week has cast doubt on global efforts to tackle climate change, which the president-elect has called a “hoax”.

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.