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With solar overheated, here are two indirect ways to play climate change BloggingStocks, 10/15/09
Investors hoping to ride the climate change bandwagon have had a roller coaster ride over the past two years. Greentech stocks soared with t! he oil spike in 2007 and 2008, then crashed with stock market and commodity price declines in 2009. Since then, some of the most obvious stock plays have strongly rebounded. Many solar stocks have posted high double-digit gains since rebounding off year-to-date lows in March 2009.

From SRI to ESG Financial Planning magazine, 9/28/09
Socially responsible investing has evolved from targeting such vices as booze and cigarettes to focusing on the environment and governance. But advisors worry about performance.

This tax credit is wasteful, expert says Financial Advisor magazine, 3/4/09
The payback on solar electric systems, which can cost as much as $60,000, can be as long as 15 to 20 years, but the payback can be six months to five years for energy-efficiency options.

The Cleantech 10 Corporate Knights, 11/01/08
The Cleantech Group's Cleantech Index has consistently outperformed the NASDAQ Composite Index, The S&P 500 and the Russel 2000 Index, with 42.9 percent total annualized returns in 2007, and a return of 8.2 percent in the second quarter of 2008.

"In 20 years time there may not be a cleantech industry" GLOBES, 10/6/08
Rafael Coven, the man behind the global cleantech index, is confident that environmental awareness will become the benchmark and that polluting companies simply won't survive.

Looking inside the new transportation ETF Seeking Alpha, 9/11/08
Invesco PowerShares is set to open to investors its Global Progressive Transportation ETF (PTRP), a new exchange-traded fund that invests in "progressive" transportation companies, adding its name to the growing roster of ETFs focused on green businesses.