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January 5th, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

THE GREEN MARKET’s Top 25 Environmental Stories of 2009

1. America’s Lack of Action on Climate Change: The US Senate is not convinced about the urgency of climate change and an increasing number of Americans disbelieve that climate change exists.Obama Needs the Senate to Succeed on Climate ChangeWhy We Did …

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September 16th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Global Cooperation Ahead of COP 15

The financial and climate change crises are spurring unprecedented levels of global cooperation. In less than one week leaders of the G20 will be meeting in Pittsburgh, and in less than three months leaders will convene in Copenhagen for COP 15, the la…

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August 9th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Solar Stock Review and Future Prospects

Solar is fundamental to our efforts to produce energy without destroying our environment. Despite this fact, some were unconvinced about solar’s prospects in 2009.At the start of this year JPMorgan analyst Christopher Blansett indiicated that he expect…

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August 5th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Investing for a Sustainable Recovery

The world is changing and investors have to make some difficult choices as they try to navigate in a rapidly shifting economic landscape.As reported in Time Magazine, “over the past two centuries, stocks have done dramatically better for investors than…

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July 29th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

STOCK MARKET REVIEW June/July 2009: Making Sense of All the Economic Data

The recovery is being obscured by a daily barrage of mixed reports and conflicting analysis. To provide context for my next post on sustainable investing and to help illustrate the lingering disagreement between the bulls and the bears I have published…

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July 27th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Sustainable Recovery

Despite the dower warnings of the fear mongering ultra-bears we are facing undeniable evidence of recovery. As reviewed by The Green Market on March 9, China provided some early evidence of economic recovery. More recently, China announced that it is o…

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May 5th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

SunPower News: Share Offering and Convertible Debentures

Over the past couple of months prior to this week, SunPower’s SPWRA class A stock has been hovering just a few dollars above it’s 52 week low of just over $18 a share. Over the coarse of the last two months It has consistently under performed compared …

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April 30th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Solar Stock: Recovery and Comparative Market Performance

Consecutive weeks of gains on the major indexes suggest the market is showing signs of recovery, however as predicted by The Green Market, solar has had a bumpy ride. At the beginning of 2009, The Green Market published its Solar Stock Picks, these fiv…