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Copenhagen Climate Conference

It's becoming more difficult by the day to ignore the multi-trillion-dollar market being created by the upcoming COP-15 summit.

Today, let's look at where companies, consumers, and investors stand.

The Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change is an organization headed by Prince Charles. Comprised of no fewer than 500 top-tier international companies, the CLG is demanding "immediate and deep" emissions control commitments from December's UN Conference of Parties (COP-15) in Copenhagen.

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Publicly-traded corporate titans like Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS), BP (NYSE:BP), British Airways (OTC:BAIRY), and General Electric (NYSE:GE) have signed on to a memorandum called the Copenhagen Communiqué that squares action on emissions with the health of the global economy.

That's right: though naysayers would have you believe that preventive measures to cut greenhouse gas output will destroy the world's wealth, boards of directors disagree vociferously. In fact, they're clamoring to get their names on the Corporate Leaders Group list.

The Copenhagen Communiqué bears the signatures of execs at retailers such as Britain's Tesco (OTC:TSCDY), which can lead the charge to reduce packaging, encourage reuse of shopping bags, and make distribution networks more efficient.

With a U.S. market cap of over $56 billion, German insurance giant Allianz (NYSE:AZ) is concerned about the heightened underwriting risk posed by rising sea water and worsening weather events. Lower emissions could mean lower future payouts and higher margins for Allianz, so they're on board with Prince Charles and the CLG 500.

We also see unlikely champions of climate action like Shell and BP — oil and gas companies whose declining North Sea production base is forcing them to move into wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources. BP has nearly 100 wind energy projects in the U.S alone, adding up to 20 gigawatts of potential output.

Rather than viewing the political echelon as an enemy to profits, these petroleum powers want a guarantee that their clean energy efforts will be met with grid purchasing agreements and effective subsidies.

And let's be real — there's also a sizable public-relations element to the CLG effort. The drive to earn clean energy cred has turned from a few companies' push for good press into an agglomeration of multinational firms that now has its own gravitational pull. . .

Only 150 companies signed onto 2007's Bali Communiqué, named for that year's abortive UN climate conference in Indonesia.

This time around, the number of companies totals 500.

Nevertheless, the public may continue to be skeptical of corporate credibility on green matters. For example, survey data from Boston College and strategic marketing agency Cone, Inc. show that environmentally-friendly messaging is penetrating, but may not yet be clear enough to the U.S. consumer base.

Consumers and Corporations Get on the Same Page

The 2008 Boston College/Cone Green Gap Survey shows that less than half (47%) of Americans trust a company's own representation of its sustainability practices.

Of those polled for the survey, 39% prefer purchasing "environmentally-friendly" products, but only the same number of respondents said they really understand the terms industrialists use to establish their green reputations.

Those companies at the front lines of consumer awareness may have the easiest job. Just look at Chile's Viña Concha y Toro (NYSE:VCO), which is changing about 68.4 million bottles per year to a new, lighter Eco-Glass design. The company is also setting carbon neutrality targets and developing local geothermal resources to that end.

It's not perfection, but it's effort. . . and you can bet you'll see stickers on each bottle soon, alerting you to the changes Chile's biggest winery has made.

Being a listed company, Concha y Toro joins many of the Copenhagen Communiqué signatories in calculating that energy efficiency will pad profits and yield higher earnings per share.

In turn, investors in all sorts of industries will find themselves on the receiving end of "green dividends."

Again, the multi-trillion-dollar chorus is growing. . .

Investors Present $13 Trillion to Fund Action

On September 16, investors at the International Investor Forum on Climate Change in New York issued a joint statement calling for climate action.

Representing 180 of the largest investment firms and funds in the world, their word is worth $13 trillion in assets. Those dollars, euros, yen, and yuan can be diverted away from high-risk polluters and companies that don't get with the program.

All told, we're looking at an unprecedented tailwind for climate change progress. On Tuesday, Chinese President Hu Jintao promised to "cut CO2 emissions per unit of GDP by a notable margin by 2020 from the 2005 level." As he spoke, Hu removed one last arrow from the quiver of those who keep trying to pop what they see as a big green bubble.

The Corporate Leaders Group wants to help Hu and his peers in developing countries by safeguarding forests and transforming black-sky nightmares with carbon capture and other clean technology.

Hu wants to parlay the cleantech success China has already had with solar power companies like Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) into end-to-end emission-lowering solutions that are marketable to other developing countries.

The gap is quickly closing between consumers and corporations, between countries and companies, and among the world's biggest polluters. Consensus is on the way, and you don't want to be behind the 8 ball when COP-15 kicks things into high gear in December.

As it turns out, the trillions I've talked about here are only the first waves of money moving into and around emissions reduction efforts.

You can read Green Chip International's complete report on the Copenhagen climate conference and gain instant access to our portfolio of advance plays on COP-15 by clicking here.

Regards,

Sam Hopkins

International Editor

Indian Energy IPO

India just announced its biggest oil find in two decades.

Yet that's not the biggest energy news in the capital. . .

Instead, number-crunchers are uncovering India's advantage in limiting industrial pollution, and the consequent leg up that new Indian clean energy companies will have.

"Implausible (emission) results have been cited to portray a steep rise in India's emissions," said Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, a fellow at the Energy Resources Institute (TERI), in an interview with the Calcutta Telegraph on September 2.

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He derided "guesstimates" by western researchers that aim to justify inaction on the part of developed countries.

You've heard it before from the do-nothing chorus: "If India and China don't clean up their consumption, then how can America or Britain?"

As we move toward the COP-15 summit on emissions reduction this December in Copenhagen, Indian researchers are calling B.S. on fuzzy math.

Just a week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh opened the spigot at western India's Barmer field, where Scottish energy operator Cairn Energy (LSE:CNE) announced a 3.5 billion-barrel discovery in 2004, the government released a flurry of new figures that show India's emissions well below the 2005 global average — in 2030!

"The debate on emissions has until now been pushed by research from the developed countries that does not capture India-specific or developing-country realities," Dr. Ghosh griped. He can actually claim the most credit on this one, as TERI came out with a higher number than the four models the National Council for Applied Economic Research delivered to press.

TERI projects per capita emissions of 5 tonnes in 2030, which would be above the 2005 global average. The other university-based studies gave a range of between 2.77 and 3.9 tonnes, which comes in below the worldwide mean of 4.22 tonnes four years ago.

Dr. Ghosh formerly served as a secretary in the Environment Ministry, and he knows what gears are turning today. The base case in many non-Indian studies doesn't take into account moves that the Indian government is making to boost efficiency and stimulate clean energy production.

And alongside scientists, economists are stepping up to bat — cricket, of course — for India. Jadavpur University Professor Joyashree Roy helped develop one of the academic models released this week. She says it "takes into account technology changes, energy efficiency and the behavioral response of producers and consumers."

If outsiders claim to predict India's climate impact in two decades without acknowledging its transition to cleantech, they're guilty of academic dishonesty.

And I'll tell you right now that as an investor, if you ignore India's clean energy push. . . you're guilty of leaving a pile of money on the table.

Indian Energy IPO

Indian Energy Ltd. debuted on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on Wednesday, bringing in $15.75 million in its IPO.

With offices in London and Mumbai (Bombay), this wind turbine operator is shooting for 300 MW of operating capacity in four years. That will mean a major, nationwide push from its current capacity of around 25 MW, along with more equity financing and help from State Bank of India, the country's biggest bank.

SBOI has already ponied up over $18 million for Indian Energy Ltd., which shows the local financial community's commitment to developing green alternatives that can supplant coal and oil. As it stands, those two resources generate over 80% of India's power production.

Electricity access falls short of what is needed for India to continue growing at a 7%-9% clip per year, and Indian Energy is working on bigger listings on the LSE and Bombay Stock Exchange to tap what international investors recognize as a critical need with market opportunity built-in.

PM Singh wants Indian solar power output up to 20 GW by 2020, which will enable millions of Indians to wire their homes for the first time with the help of rooftop PV units.

Industrial-scale projects will also be added to the mix, but Indian Energy states it's sticking to wind. Not every Indian clean power producer has to be a Jack of all trades, and serious infrastructure challenges remain. Yet, as the prime minister said this August:

"In dealing with the challenge of climate change and environmental degradation we face the unfair burden of past mistakes not of our making. However, as we go forward in the march of development, we have the opportunity not to repeat those mistakes."

Green Chip International subscribers have already closed one AIM-listed Indian renewable energy player for gains of more than 40%. In fact, our average upside has been just below 40% over the life of the GCI portfolio.

As India's government and researchers continue to team up with international investors to make India's clean energy transition a reality, we'll keep you up to date.

Regards,

Sam Hopkins

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Renewable Energy in India

India's market for renewable energy and related technology is growing by 25% per year.

That's according to a U.S. Commerce Department statement encouraging American energy enterprises to get a chunk of the South Asian market.

But the flow of capital and ideas into India from Silicon Valley may be reversing, due to a controversial provision of the stimulus package.

A brand-new nationwide survey says that more than 60% of India's companies are hiring...

And more of India's best and brightest may be taking fresh jobs at homegrown clean energy technology companies.

You see, part of the recently passed U.S. stimulus package says U.S. citizens should be given precedence over H-1B holders when hiring is conducted in financial firms that receive bailout funds.

Even though tech firms aren't included, the combination of stalling rich-country economic conditions and the launch of major energy projects is drawing talent back home to India.

Bringing Brains Back to Bangalore

The H-1B 6-year guest visa category, which has allowed hundreds of thousands of Indian engineers and software specialists to work on our shores, has transformed the face of American technology.

Job services giant Manpower India says, "One-third of the engineers in Silicon Valley are of Indian descent," while over 7% of Silicon Valley firms have Indian CEOs.

The average income for those expat Indians is around $125,000, and their total contribution to the American economy in innovation and consumption reaches into the billions yearly. Aside from wage-earners and the cash they turn over, more than 100,000 Indian students are pursuing their education at U.S. colleges and universities.

Last spring in Washington, Bill Gates emphasized the importance of H-1B availability to companies like Microsoft, urging policymakers to issue more of the visas:

"Traditionally, the U.S. - because it's so attractive - has had this huge advantage that other countries bemoan. ... Now, they celebrate the fact that we're kicking them out after giving them the world's best education," Gates said.

Instead of inviting more talent, the number of H-1B visas issued yearly has been dropping, from nearly 100,000 in 1999 to just 65,000 in 2008.

Fast-forward to early '09. Every day brings dismal new economic news in the U.S...

So, more Indians who would have applied for H-1B see India as a fine place to start a business.

Writing from Bangalore, "India's Silicon Valley," Eureka Bharali of SiliconIndia.com thinks the country's energy progress will be made in large part by those who came back home.

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India's Smart Energy Growth

In an article titled "India to Have More Startups Due to H1B Visa Ban," Bharali points out India's advantage from bringing its brightest minds home.

The head of Bell Labs Research of India echoes Bill Gates in the article, saying those who left "are trying to come back to India, which has emerged as a land of opportunities. They gain the required experience in U.S. which will help them to thrive in India."

Other experts point to low cost of capital, lower inflation, and high government subsidies as booster shots to Indian startups.

Of course, Indians returning home can't just translate lessons learned in the unique American entrepreneurial atmosphere—they also must recalibrate to India's regional competitors, especially China.

Compared to China, which drew the bulk of the frenzied foreign direct investment into Asia over the past few years, India's energy market growth has been far healthier...

India enjoyed 7-8% economic growth in recent years, but primary energy consumption rose by just 3.7%, according to a 2007 statement to the Security Council by India's UN ambassador.

China, on the other hand, logged a 1.5% increase in energy usage for every 1% its economy expanded.

Now, India's government is aiming for 45,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity by 2030, up from 7,000 MW in 2007.

You can bet India's repatriated engineers and entrepreneurs will maximize every megawatt. Massive rural electrification schemes and the expansion of India's energy infrastructure are already reminiscent of what America did with the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s.

India's all about smart energy growth for future prosperity.

But you don't have to wait for rounds of venture capital funding to bring Indian energy firms to full flower...

Indian Renewable Energy Companies

We've already seen the emergence of Indian clean energy firms like cellulosic ethanol maker Praj Industries, twice named Forbes's "Best Under a Billion Company in Asia."

Praj is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, and it's taking advantage of energy ties not only in India but also in the Philippines and other Asian countries.

In December 2008, Praj was hired to build a biofuel plant for the Tata conglomerate's Tata Chemicals division.

And we see more potential for international renewable energy companies that operate in India, profiting from a fresh influx of highly-skilled local staff that may come back to Bangalore, Bombay, and other Indian cities in the next few years.

In this turbulent economy, you go where the jobs and opportunity are.

For Indian entrepreneurs today, there's no place like home.

So in Green Chip International we're looking at a full range of companies—from startups to listed companies like Praj—as India prepares for a smart-growth energy boom.

Over in China, though, they're using cleantech to play clean-up for years of coal-fired GDP increases.

We've prepared a full report on China's energy challenges and how they're turning to wind, solar, and above all cleantech to limit the damage high energy intensity is causing.

To learn more about China's own green revolution and how you can profit, click here.

Regards,

Sam Hopkins

International Editor

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Chinese Renewable Energy

Chinese leaders can finally breathe, now that the Olympics have gone by with relatively little trouble and more blue skies than many observers anticipated. Yet there is plenty of work to be done, and tons of money to be made in Chinese renewable energy.

This week, U.S. trade officials estimated the value of China's clean technology market at $186 billion by 2010, soaring up to over half a trillion dollars by 2020.

Why such whopping estimates?

Well, after the athletes headed home, on August 29 the Communist Party leadership in Beijing passed what's known as the Circular Economy Law, which will stimulate national cleantech spending through efficiency and emissions regulations.

The essence of the Circular Economy Law is very simple and familiar to green enthusiasts around the globe: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

But energy progress isn't just something you can legislate. As we've learned the hard way here in the U.S., the greening of our economy requires cultural change and economic oomph behind it.

The Circular Economy Law (C.E.L.) had been in the works for over a year, and after it takes effect on Jan. 1, 2009, the C.E.L. should set the country on a more sustainable path towards national wealth and power.

China can't do that alone. So China and the U.S. inked a decade-long energy and environment cooperation agreement back in June, including American firms in the circular, sustainable economy that is developing.

U.S.-China CleanTech Trade

Now, Deputy Commerce Secretary David Bohigian is leading a mission of 19 clean energy and environmental protection companies through Beijing and the provinces of Guangdong (Canton) and Shandong.

The companies range from small, unlisted start-ups to giants like G.E., and they're getting an on-the-ground look at how they can make money in the Middle Kingdom in the next ten years.

The main points of this summer's bilateral framework for cooperation are:

Transportation (China is home to the world's fastest trains and fastest-growing car market)

Clean energy technology (China has the potential to leapfrog developed countries by building brand-new grids optimized for renewables)

Water (China has 17 of the 20 most polluted streams in the world)

Air (China's official "blue sky" rating system falls far short of E.P.A. standards)

Forests/Wetlands (Deforestation is estimated to contribute 20% of the carbon man has added to the atmosphere, speeding global warming)

In all of these areas, General Electric (NYSE:GE), 3M (NYSE:MMM), Honeywell (NYSE:HON), and other companies with worldwide wherewithal can help China reach its goals while boosting their own shareholder value.

We'll keep you up to date with the best bets on U.S. companies doing business in China's booming market for cleantech and efficiency improvements.

Regards,

Sam Hopkins

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P.S. - For those of you in the Jackson Hole area, my colleague Jeff Siegel will be speaking at the Modern Energy Investor Forum on September 24. Here's a link to the conference website.

Renewable Energy Resources

The International Energy Agency (IEA) just released a new report which has stated that the world will need to invest $45 trillion to cut greenhouse gases in half by 2050.

$45 Trillion!!!

Last month, environment ministers from the G8 backed this 50 percent target, and they'll call for it to be officially endorsed next month.

Now listen, I'm all for cutting greenhouse gases. Especially since any major cuts will require heavy investment in renewable energy resources.

Unfortunately, the IEA's report came off as a bit questionable when it analyzed what needs to be done to make this happen.

Let's go nuclear!!!

The IEA study has stated that the world will need to build roughly 1,400 nuclear power plants in order to meet its 50 percent reduction target.

The only problem is, they don't make any recommendations on how to pull this off.

How do they expect to build 1,400 new nuclear power plants when we barely have enough uranium for what we have in operation now?

During a June, 2007 press conference, the CEO of Cameco Corporation, the largest uranium producer in the United States, indicated that he expects demand to grow at 3 percent annually (this was before the IEA's announcement today), for the next decade, but doesn't see uranium mining being able to keep pace with demand. As it stands today, he believes the demand for uranium will exceed supply for the next eight or nine years.

Additionally, a 2006 study by the Energy Watch Group indicated that even under the best-case estimates of uranium resources, production will peak before 2050, assuming today's rate of use. And now they suggest we drastically increase our nuclear infrastructure?

And how quickly do they expect this to happen?

These things don't go up like shopping malls!

The last reactor built in the U.S. took 30 years to approve and build.

You think folks don't want a wind turbine in their backyard? Try to convince them that a nuclear power plant, complete with a mandatory evacuation plan, is a good idea.

Let's go clean coal!!!

The IEA's second scenario calls for an acceleration of carbon capture and storage technology for coal-fired power plants.

This begs the question, "Do these guys even consider the fundamentals of supply and demand?"

You've heard me go on and on in these pages before about how our so-called 250-year supply of coal is vastly overstated because the numbers don't take into account the energy content of our reserves.

Bottom line: when you look at the energy content of our coal, instead of just the numbers (because there are different types of coal, each with different energy contents), you'll find that we may have already passed the peak of the good stuff.

And globally, we could be looking at a peak of coal production by around 2020.

For the specifics on this analysis, I strongly recommend you read Chris Nelder's piece: The Dirt on Coal. It will truly open your eyes!

Perhaps if the folks making our energy decisions these days were to look at these numbers, we'd be spending less time talking about coal, and more time talking about renewables.

The IEA was quick to push nuclear and coal in the report, while only giving a slight mention to wind. Which, by the way, is only one part of the overall renewable energy mix.

I'm not saying we can transition to 100% renewable in the near term. But focusing so much attention on just our last few bits of non-renewable energy resources is doing nothing but wasting precious time.

And while the IEA's study will certainly get posted in every pro-nuclear and pro-coal website, we maintain that no matter how you slice it, nothing will change the fact that fossil fuel depletion will ALWAYS be the issue that enables the long-term success of a strong, renewable energy market.

With some decisive leadership, and some much-needed infrastructure upgrades and transmission development (which is necessary with or without renewables), this can be done safely, economically and sustainably.

According to the DoE...

· Enough electric power for the entire United States could be generated by covering about 9 percent of Nevada with parabolic trough systems. This is a plot of land roughly 100 miles on each side.

· There are about 14 million quads of recoverable geothermal energy beneath U.S. soil. That's about 140,000 times our current energy consumption.

· There's enough potential offshore wind energy off the coast of the United States to cover nearly all the current installed U.S. electrical capacity.

Yes, it's true that all of these solutions require large upfront capital costs. But wind, solar and geothermal resources, no matter what part of the world you're in, will always remain infinite and carbon-free.

And that's why, despite how much they continue to push the pipe dreams of nuclear and clean coal, renewable energy maintains a level of long-term value that no conventional energy source can touch.

To a new way of life, and a new generation of wealth...

Jeff

Bali Climate Conference

In the current edition of Nature Geoscience, scientists claim that the earth's tropical belt is expanding faster than expected, saying, "Remarkably, the tropics appear to have already expanded--during only the last few decades of the 20th century--by at least the same margin as models predict for this century."

According to previous models, the tropics were to extend 2 degrees north and south by the end of the 21st century. But only eight years into it, the tropics have already expanded by at least that much, as confirmed by five independent studies.

Traditionally, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn bounded the tropics on the north and south, respectively. But that was simply determined by the Earth's tilt on its axis. Now, climate scientists say, it's time to define the tropics by what's actually happening on the ground. And what's happening is a widening of tropical climate toward the Earth's poles.

That poleward movement would correspond to similar movement of seasonal storms. "The jet streams are moving poleward, and so, presumably, would the storm tracks," said co-author Dian Seidel of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This development would have negative implications for agriculture and water resources in nations located in the affected zones.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which, coincidentally, is trying to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol this week, predicted this type of movement.

Those negotiations are taking place in Bali, Indonesia, a location that faces significant risks associated with climate change. In fact, just this week, Indonesian scientists reported that some Indonesian islands could be completely submerged by rising seas if nothing is done to curb climate change.

Just last week, the sea broke through barriers and flooded a major road to the international airport in the nation's capital, Jakarta. According to Environment Minister and conference host Rachmat Witoelar, if Indonesia is affected by rising seas "tens of millions of people would have to move out of their homes. There is no way this will happen without conflict."

Hopefully, that dire warning will serve as inspiration to the thousands of diplomats gathered in Bali this week.

Developed and Developing

But the representatives didn't seem too eager to bail out Indonesia's sinking islands. Instead, amid many opening day ceremonies, diplomats began to argue about whether or not developing nations, like China and India, should face the same emissions caps as developed nations.

Some said China and India are being asked to do too much, while others argued they are not doing enough. But, even among the disagreement, there was a glimmer of hope.

The consortium did agree to find ways to transfer more clean technology , like solar and wind, to developing nations--a surefire way to ensure greater participation on their part beyond Kyoto.

It could be that's what such nations were waiting for--a little support.

In fact, last week China's chief climate negotiator Yu Qingtai said that they would "definitely do more" to cut emissions if wealthier nations were willing to share more clean energy technology with China.

Of course, that raises a few questions. For starters, isn't that where Suntech Power (NYSE: STP) is based? And isn't that company doing pretty well, having doubled in price since July of this year?

Isn't China also the place China Sunergy Co. (NASDAQ: CSUN) and Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) call home? Two other solar companies that have done pretty well.

And yet, one can certainly see the other side of the coin. Why should China have to cap its emissions if an industrialized and wealthy nation like the US shows no inclination to do so?
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Especially when US emissions, per capita, are about 20.6 metric tons, compared to China's 3.8 metric tons. And when nearly a quarter of China's emissions stem from the production of exported goods for the consumption of rich nations. China calls those "transfer emissions," and they're a big concern not only for China, but also for other developing nations.

Plus, China did decrease its energy intensity (the energy used to generate each dollar of national income) by 3% in the first three quarters of the year. It has also set a goal of reducing energy intensity 20% by 2010.

Premier Wen Jiabao keeps saying that his country is taking firm action to protect the environment, increase energy efficiency, boost the use of renewable resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

And investors are taking notice. China is poised to surpass its 2010 wind installation targets this year--over two years ahead of schedule. By 2020, the rapidly growing nation hopes to produce 8% of its power from renewable resources, not including hydropower.

That seems like an attainable goal, especially because China is using its low-cost production base to manufacture renewable energy components. And a new national rule ensures that any wind turbines installed are 70% manufactured in China.

All these developments should provide nice returns to our subscribers, either through Green Chip Stocks or our latest publication, Green Chip International.

Make sure to keep an eye out for the latter, as we'll be providing sign-up information shortly.

In the meantime, we'll continue to watch investment opportunities abroad and the two-week conference in Bali.

Until next time,

Nick

Climate Change: Profiting from a Proven Scenario

I'd like to take a few moments to talk about proof.

According to Webster, proof is evidence that establishes the truth of something. We need proof to convict criminals. We need proof to make sound decisions. And, at least most of the time, we need proof to act rationally.

But as we've seen in the national political arena of late, proof doesn't seem to be all that important. The corrupt machine that is our Capitol has made erroneous decisions on some matters without proof, and failed completely to act on others where there is overwhelming proof.

Now I'm not going to get into the game of name dropping and card pulling. I'd rather take these few hundred words to offer some truths of my own.

First on the agenda is climate change. Let's talk, if only briefly, about some recent statements by scientists--you know, the guys who know what they're talking about because by the nature of their work they rely only on facts.

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the world's most respected authority on the subject. Established in 1988--that's 20 years ago, people--by the United Nations (UN), the sole purpose of the group is to evaluate the risk of climate change brought on by humans.

I'd like to point out that the mere existence of this group says something about the reality of climate change. I mean, the UN doesn't have a UFO research team or pink elephant research team, does it?

Moving beyond just its existence, let's turn now to its reports. The panel's first report was published in 1990, followed by subsequent ones in 1995, 2001, and, most recently, 2007.

In that latest report, in the section titled, "The Physical Science Basis," the conclusions are as follows:

Warming of the climate system is unequivocal.
Most of (>50%) the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid 20th century is very likely (confidence level >90%) due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (human) greenhouse gas concentrations.
Hotter temperatures and rises in sea level "would continue for centuries" even if greenhouse gas levels are stabilized, although the likely amount of temperature and sea level rise varies greatly depending on the intensity of human activity during the next century.
The probability that this is caused by natural climatic processes alone is less than 5%.
World temperatures could rise between 2.0 and 11.5° F during the 21st century and:

Sea levels will probably rise by 7.08 to 23.22 inches.
There is a confidence level >90% that there will be more frequent warm spells, heat waves and heavy rainfall.
There is a confidence level >66% that there will be an increase in droughts, tropical cyclones and extreme high tides.

Both past and future anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions will continue to contribute to warming and sea level rise for more than a millennium.
Global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen oxide have increased markedly as a result of human activities since 1750 and now far exceed pre-industrial values over the last 650,000 years.

If the relationship between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and temperature is too hard to grasp with words alone, take a look at the following charts.

Another section of the IPCC's 2007 reported, "Mitigation of Climate Change," outlines ways to prevent rising temperatures and decrease carbon emissions. And this, my friends, is where the money is.

You see, there is no way to mitigate climate change without heavy and constant investment in clean and efficient technologies. And that's what we at Green Chip pride ourselves on--finding companies that stand to make our readers the most money while providing solutions to very real and proven problems.

As I've said before, the proof is in the profits. So with that in mind, let's take look at some recent Green Chip recommendations.

The first is Bioteq Environmental Technologies (TSX: BQE). Jeff recommended this stock at the end of April, and already we've seen a 42% gain.

We've also seen profits on Comverge Inc. (COMV: NASDAQ), an energy efficiency company. Since Jeff's recommendation in May, this one is up 40%.

And of course you're well aware of World Water & Power (WWAT.OB)...the stock Jeff recommended a couple of years ago when it was trading for only $0.30.

Today the stock trades for $1.86 a share.

Listen: The grim situations the world is currently facing are real, but there are solutions. Very profitable solutions, just as has been the case with other obstacles in the history of the human race.

I'm once again reminded of the motto for the 1933 Chicago Word's Fair: "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms." In terms of current events, we're somewhere between the latter two parts of that phrase.

This is proven stuff. It's up to you to conform--to blaze the trail toward a prosperous and profitable solution. Green Chip will help you lead the way.

Until next time,

Nick