While start-ups get all the alternative energy attention, there are plenty of well established large caps that have green operations.

Waste Management's second-quarter net income falls 22% as the trash hauler absorbs lower prices for its recycled materials.

Right at this moment someone at the Harvard School of Business is probably writing a case study on eBay’s (EBAY) effect on the vast world of underground treasure-hunting. When collectors and bargain-hunters gather in the real world they talk endlessly about how the market for this or that collectible category has soared or crashed due to the success of online auctions. The point is they still gather in the real world. And to the true treasure-hunter eBay is close to the top of the bargain ladder price-wise. The real deals and most of the fun lie below.Here’s a bottoms-up ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Covanta Holding Corp. said Monday it will buy seven trash-to-electricity plants from Veolia Environment in a deal valued at $450 million as it widens its lead as the No. 1 U.S. player in the business.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Bridgewater Equity (BWE).