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The future for renewable energy remains bright, and these green energy stocks are poised to profit on a durable trend toward sustainability.

Chicago’s next mayor will have to live with the controversial zoning change Mayor Lori Lightfoot muscled through the City Council allowing the Chicago Fire soccer club to build an $80 million training center on CHA land formerly occupied by the CHA’s ABLA Homes.

Republican state attorneys general are trying to block a Labor Department rule easing the path for investors to consider ESG criteria.

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When compiling our list of the best stocks to buy now, we look for high-quality companies that are poised to benefit over the next 12 months.

Oil funds offered the highest cumulative return in 2022 of 14.6%, topping the list for the second year in a row, while technology funds were the main laggard, with a negative return of 43.5%, according to investment research and financial services firm Morningstar.

In response to House Republicans’ plans to use their new majority to investigate the ESG movement, three Democratic senators penned an op-ed accusing their GOP colleagues of overstepping. The three senators—Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)—also accused Republicans who oppose ESG of being anti-capitalist:

Climate conscious investors have channeled billions of dollars into clean energy but investment flows into protecting and better managing the world's ecosystems remain minute by comparison.

Ald. Ray Lopez said he believes the contribution from billionaire Joe Mansueto, founder of Morningstar, Inc., “represents a gross & familiar abuse of power and, at minimum, a potential violation” of the city’s ethics ordinance.