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Is now the right time to invest in “cleantech” and profit from the Green Revolution? 

In an exciting and much anticipated moment, Tesla Motors will launch its initial public offering (IPO) this week.  Whether or not Tesla is a good investment is still up in the air.

BP's (NYSE:BP) shares dropped 6% today, collapsing the company's stock price to its lowest levels in 14 years.

BP CEO Tony Hayward will be calling investors this week to reassure them the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will not ruin the company.

The energy debate is once again heating up in Australia with advocates of ramping up renewable energy investment and cutting greenhouse gas emissions pitted against those who argue that conventional energy should be the focus.

China's economic growth in recent years has come with unintended consequences: a worsening environmental mess that is wrecking havoc on nature and putting its residents at risk.

A chill may be blowing through the green energy sector in the U.S., but near-term troubles notwithstanding, wind power remains a hot item in the United States with strong long-term prospects, according to a study by Emerging Energy Research (EER) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Since Africa is better known for war, famine, political instability and economic gloom than for technological innovation, it’s no surprise that antiquated infrastructure and a lack of funding plague the continent's energy networks.

Often overshadowed by construction-happy Dubai, its extravagant, cosmopolitan and pretentious cousin, Abu Dhabi is a laid-back Persian Gulf city with ambitions of its own: to reinvent itself as a center for clean energy, an unlikely goal for a place fueled by petrodollars.

After two unsuccessful bids to buy Europe's beleaguered Dutch-Belgian Fortis Bank NV, Paris-based corporate and investment banking behemoth BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP), France's largest bank by market value, recently sealed a deal to acquire a controlling interest in the once-storied fin