A Fairfield man casts a fly into a pool in the Kennebec River below the Shawmut dam.
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While Maine and the world have been focused on the pandemic, a fight over the future of Maine’s second largest river system is raging inside the electronic docket of an obscure federal relicensing proceeding.
At stake in the drawn-out proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relating to whether and under what terms to relicense a 106-year-old dam that stretches across the river between Benton and Fairfield are the fate of river-run fish in the Kennebec River watershed and quite possibly that of Atlantic salmon in the United States.
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It s never too late to start investing. Whether you re just out of school and looking to make your first trades or close to retirement and hoping to beat the market s returns, 2021 looks like a great time to start your investing journey. But where?
Well, first you ll need a brokerage account. Once you have one, you ll need to buy your first stocks. We asked three of our Motley Fool contributors what stocks they d recommend right now for first-time investors. They came back with
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As Canadians get to reset now in the new year, there’s a lot to look back on in 2020.
The Canadian market, along with many others across the globe, suffered a serious market crash in the spring of last year. The
S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped close to 40% in just over one month. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America was the main reason for the crash.
The Canadian market managed to impressively dig itself out of the sudden crash last year. Even so, I believe there is still a lot of uncertainty heading into 2021, at least in the short-term.
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Amid the rising pollution levels, the world is moving towards renewable energy sources to meet its energy requirement. This structural shift has led to strong growth in renewable energy stocks over the last few years.
Meanwhile, the victory of Joe Biden in the United States presidential election has further boosted the sector. During his election campaign, Biden, a strong proponent of clean energy, had announced a US$2 trillion plan to accelerate investments in clean energy while shutting down all climate-damaging power plants by 2035. Amid the growing interest in renewable energy sources, here are the three green energy TSX stocks to buy right now.
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Rekha Khandelwal, CFA, is a long-term investor with a special focus on energy stocks. Rekha holds a master s in finance and has worked as a financial consultant. When she isn t writing, she can be found traveling to a new city or country.
Renewable energy sources have been around for decades. But of late, growing climate change concerns coupled with falling costs of generation from renewables have resulted in a new enthusiasm for these sources. This trend is here to stay, as the share of renewables as an energy source is expected to rise dramatically in the years to come. Here are two stocks that you must add to your renewable energy portfolio in 2021 to benefit from this trend.