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Key Points from U.S. Climate Action Report
The U.S. Climate Action Report is one of the most significantdocuments on U.S. policy initiatives and actions to address climatechange. It also provides a review of federal efforts “…to increasescientific understanding of climate change, and provide foreignassistance to help other nations mitigate and adapt to the effects ofclimate change.” This is the fifth climate action [...]
Aug 31-Sep 4: Dow, NASDAQ, Solar Slip Equally
And September’s historically bad month on Wall StreetA report this morning showed a decline in job losses in August whichseem to have helped industrial like GE and Caterpillar lead stocks onFriday. However, the gains were not enough to offset losses earlierthis week, as reported on MarketWatch. The Dow lost 103points for the week ending today, [...]
Dow, NASDAQ Chug On; Solar Index Down Slightly
Canadian Solar up over 26%Although it was up 181 points earlier today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finish up 114 points today to finish the week at 9370.07, the highest in nine months. NASDAQalso the week well at 2000.25, about 22 points up from last Friday. The20 Solar Stock Index closed down 3.67 points from [...]
July 20-24: Solar Surpasses Dow, NASDAQ
The 20 Solar StocksIndex (20SSI) gained 65.5 point to finish at 458 points this week, a16.69% increase from last week. The solar index outperformed both theDow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ which finished withconsiderable gains of their own. The Dow finished above9000 points for the first time since January 2 with a rise of nearly350 [...]
July 13-17: Dow, NASDAQ Soar–Solar Close Behind
Week reverses a three-week drop It was a rebound week on Wall Street. The Dow saw five consecutive gaining days charging back 597 points to 8743.94, a juicy 7% up from last Friday’s close. The NASDAQ rebounded,too, climbing nearly 131 points to finish at 1886.61, over a 7% gain aswell. It’s the eight consecutive gain [...]
Dow, NASDAQ, Solar Up, Up, Up
Best day for NASDAQ in nine months Afterthree dismal weeks of trading in almost every sector, indexes areseeing a healthy reversal so far this week. The Dow closed at 8616.21today, 470 points above last Friday’s close, a 5.76% gain. NASDAQfinished at 1862.9, 107 points above Friday, a 6.09% rise. And the 20Solar Stocks Index to [...]
Solar In The LEED
LEED 2009 introduces new standards for on-site solar power:“To encourage and recognize increasing levels of on-site renewableenergy self-supply to reduce environmental and economic impactsassociated with fossil fuel energy use.” What are the basics, and what are the implications for LEED point calculations and actual energy cost reductions? What are the likely trends for commercial solar [...]
June 29-July 3: Another Downer Week
More bears are attacking TheDow lost 148.58 points over the week, nearly 2% off. The NASDAQ drop 42points and the 20 Solar Stocks Index (20SSI) lost about 9 points bothfinishing 2.3% off last week. MarketWatch and CNBCpoint to several reasons why the market over the past three weeks islooking bearish. Crude oil are doggedly rising; [...]
June 22-26: DJIA Down, NASDAQ Up, Solar Slips Again
Is the new Bear Market over? TheDow was down a second straight week finishing off 101 points at8438.39, 1.2% down from last week. However, with just two trading daysleft in the second quarter, the index is up nearly 830 points, 11%above Q1. The NASDAQ was barely up this week by 10.75 or +.06%. But thetech [...]