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PROSPERING FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

 
Electronics Recycling Is Gaining Steam
Drought's Impact on Business Gaining Scrutiny

INVEST GREEN
Call it greentech, cleantech or eco-investing. By any name, making the world cleaner offers huge investment opportunities.
 
Producing green power isn't enough to get a company into Calvert Global Alternative Energy. It also has to meet the fund's lofty standards for goodness.
 
A recently launched ETF provides access to an industry that's making a comeback.
 
THINK GREEN
The editor in chief shares his environmental report card.
 
Oil exploration in the Arctic will continue virtually unabated, even as court battles over global warming -- and the fate of polar bears -- heat up
 
Demand for greener buildings and some remarkable innovation in design tools will create huge opportunities in construction trades -- and make it cheaper to be enviro friendly.
 
With the country soon to be awash in ethanol, pressure is building to speed up market development.
 
Once the bane of environmentalists, nuclear power is now seen by some of them as a key weapon in the fight against global warming.
 
Tame the energy hogs in the IT department.
 
Insurers will rise to the challenge of climate change just as they did with earthquakes.
 
DRIVE GREEN
Hybrids aren't the only vehicles that go easy on the environment.
 
Hybrid versions of the GMC Yukon and Cheverolet Tahoe get a test drive.
 
Affordable plug-in cars that will rarely need gasoline in just two years? That's the automakers' goal.
 
Carmakers are responding to consumers who want more environmentally friendly vehicles.
 
LIVE GREEN
Quick, cheap and easy ways to cut your electricity and water use while also cutting your expenses.
 
It's cheaper to install a system now -- and you can even sell back energy to the grid.
 
Putting a sticker on your car won't do much to stop global warming. But you knew, that, right?
 
How one family built an ultramodern, energy-efficient house.
 
Soaring utility bills mean it's time to do triage on the biggest losers.
 
Green building is no longer a cause, but a profitable and vital part of the commercial real estate and construction industries.
 
Save time, money and water without sacrificing a beautiful yard.
 
Water conservation devices are just one way to cut costs.
 
Hybrids aren't the only vehicles that go easy on the environment. See our ratings of the top buys in alternative fuels and more.

Take our challenge, show your environmental smarts, and learn how to save some dollars, too.
Wherein Kiplinger's Personal Finance Editor Fred Frailey feels the love and fields the heat on our first green issue.
SLIDE SHOW: SAVE ON UTILITIES
Utilitiy bills are going up as energy prices rise. But yours don't have to.
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