Shareholders of major corporations willing to bite the hand that feeds them if necessary to protect future investments from Climate Change

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Investor Network on Climate Risk reported on their website that

as of March 6, 2008, leading U.S. investors have filed a record 54 global warming shareholder resolutions with U.S. companies that face far-reaching business impacts from climate change. The resolutions are nearly double the number filed just two years ago.

This is sugnificant because the shareholders include were filed by some of the nation's largest public pension funds, as well as labor, foundation, religious and other institutional investors.

They have not been happy with the "business as usual" approach that the American companies have been conducting and are ready to bite the hand that feeds them if necessary.

Swicki Users Go Green

Thanks to James Tolles for mentioning GreenNetizen in his Swicki higlights. They have recently built one for green home renovations.

Green Titles 08

Here is a link to the Publisher's Weekly Magzine listing all the new Green book titles for 2008. Do you see a trend?

B Corporations: A new and better idea for business

Now here is a good idea. Brand the companies that are sustainable a new name. That will make it easier to sort out the wheat from the chaff. They are called "B Corporations."

George Bush's Green Legacy

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The S&P and NASDAQ close at their lowest since 2006. The Dow Jones is down again. The jobless rate climbs. Let's see what this continued downturn does to all of the new green businesses that are just beginning to bloom and blossom.

I was watching the new eco-friendly businesses in 2000 when George Bush came into office. Many of them went belly up. The Freemarket neocons’ philosophy does not believe in government subsidies to assist a new industry. Wall Street are less inclined to buy the stock of companies the rely on them. Freemarket neocons believe that a new inustry must stand on their own two feet right off or they die. They are a lot like the Spartans in their beliefs; survival of the fittest. And many of the young companies trying to do right by the planet and right by the workers died.

Now we have billions of dollars invested in Green Tech, Clean Tech. Will they weather this storm? Let's hope for the planet’s sake, and the sake of all children everywhere they do...

The 2008 Greentech Market Taxonomy

Consolidation of information is an important step in bring order to this new movement toward a cleaner environment. Here is a great source for looking how the market is organzing.

WilderHill New Energy Index

Another big player in the new energy movement. This links to all the major research institutes on their investing list. All this has to be sorted out to find the real champions.

Greentech Media Blog

Now this blog looks like a heavy hitter in the world of Green Money. Good source to find out what's going on in the world for growing green businesses.

The Daily Green is starting to be one of my favorite green blogs

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Al Gore joins Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield and Byers

This is quite noteworthy. Former vice president Al Gore has become a partner in Silicon Valley's top venture capital firm, Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield and Byers. These guys were the early investors in Google. I'm so happy for him.

Opportunity Green

Check out Opportunity Green for some great insights into how things are beginning to change in the new green economy.

A City With No Cars -- The Greenest City on Earth?

Abu Dhabi, is scheduled to be unveiled on Monday in a place that is known for oil. The city will be a six-square-kilometer city with zero emission.

HUGGS -- A New Green Digg

Here's a new community-based popularity website totally dedicated to Green News. Check it out. Treehugger was bought out by Discovery. This is brought to you by Discovery Communications.

America the Green Podcasts

TODAY’S ECO WAKE-UP CALL

I found a great source for Green Podcasts from the Green Money Journal. The Podcast interviews the editor of Green Money. Good ideas for promoting change with your shopping dollars. You decide which companies grow when you shop!