green economy

Peter Fusaro, of Global Change Associates, was ahead of his time 13 years ago, when he first launched the Wall Street Green Summit and he still is. Instead of a summit for traders looking for "green companies," the intimate Columbia Club hosted leaders from big government and multinationals, inventors and entrepreneurs with breakthrough solutions, as well as fund managers meeting the demand for green...

Change is accelerating in the green space. The United States, and, later, the global economy are being restructured into greener and more efficient economic structures. While these changes are driven by higher energy prices and better technologies, the primary driver is government. Since government has intervened into the economy and become more activist, we are seeing an accelerating trend line for the regulatory policy framework that will drive green faster and farther than many observers and industry analysts realize.