Exxon Mobil Corporation

The European Union, a global leader in pursuing the green agenda, is having to scale back some of its initiatives under pressure from major gas suppliers and its own politicians. But despite this political reversal, the technological transition to a greener economy is accelerating, and the stock market is showing that there is money to be made in sustainable development.

European energy corporations force EU regulators to change their approach to ESG environmental standards

First Solar, Inc.

Solar panel maker First Solar, which focuses on the utility sector, has a "unique advantage" in the face of import restrictions from China, according to analysts at Jefferies. They recommended investors buy the company's stock while downgrading home solar panel installer Sunrun. The home solar systems sector has fallen on hard times, with one of the largest companies declaring bankruptcy this week. Wall Street warns that an early repeal of tax credits being debated in Congress would "wipe out at least half the market."&nbsp;