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Worries are building about the prospects for China's economy, but GameChangerStocks.com's Hilary Kramer says there are some good long-term opportunities for investors. Her stock picks: Two non-Chinese companies invested heavily in China.

Investors drilled Massey Energy for a second day, sending its shares down more than 6% in the wake of a West Virginia mine explosion that killed at least 25 miners. But, facing fines and lawsuits, stock price losses are likely just the beginning of the company's fiscal pain.

Peabody Energy, the largest U.S. coal producer, has made a $3 billion unsolicited bid for Australia's Macarthur Coal, which is itself in the midst of an acquisition maneuver. Macarthur has already rejected Peabody's bid as inadequate, but Peabody isn't giving up so easily.

The Lorax is mossy and bossy and speaks for the trees, but this week, his voice is a bit of a cacophony, caught up in a dispute between the estate of Theodor Geisel and LoraxAG, a startup project involved in coal gasification.

Until now, green companies in the developing world have lacked a yardstick to track their stock performance versus the rest of the market. The newly introduced "carbon-efficient index" fills that gap -- just in time for the Copenhagen climate meetings.

During his recent visit to China, U.S. President Barack Obama pushed hard for a firm target for cutting carbon emissions from the Chinese government. He had hoped to secure a concrete, detailed proposal from the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases ahead of the pending Copenhagen Climate...

If Chinese premier Hu Jintao had any doubts about taking an aggressive stance to enforce carbon-emission reductions at the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Summit, a report today may push him over the edge. A detailed analysis of the potential economic impacts of rapid global warming, put together by...

Yet again the Golden State has set a de facto national environmental policy. It came this time when officials moved on Nov. 18 to ban sales of all big-screen TVs in California after 2010 if the sets don't meet state energy efficiency requirements. The ban has been brewing for several months now as...

While the planet's environmental apocalypse may not be much much nigh than it was last month, this year's Election Day bore grim tidings for voters concerned with climate change. By electing public officials whose tendency on this issue is inaction, we may tipped the climate ever so slightly in the...

If the Sage of Omaha is truly an oracle of future returns and a leading indicator for where the market is going, it's hard not to think that U.S. carbon emissions will continue to grow apace and that the budding green revolution will be more bang than bucks. Why? On Tuesday, Buffett paid a hefty...