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SNK Capital Trust is most interested in the following types of green investments: Alternative energy companies for the long term: companies that are working to curb water shortages; Companies that offer transport options: Companies that process in pollution control and Companies with products that are most energy efficient

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that greenhouse gases can be treated as pollutants under the Clean Air Act. This ruling applied to “tailpipe emissions” from cars and trucks, but the precedent will allow the same reasoning to apply to industrial production of carbon emissions. The comments from the ruling suggest that any company or group wishing to appeal would have to scientifically prove that greenhouse gases do not cause global warming. It is unlikely that any company would risk the public relations disaster of even making that argument, irrespective if it was a winnable one.

Consumer choices and market demand will dictate most of what companies offer us. SNK Capital Trust has found that each time a product like a hybrid car or low-energy light bulb gains a large market, it sends a message to CEOs, stock analysts, institutional investors and venture capital funds.

Not only new companies but new industries will emerge, and new markets and trade goods will be formed. Both society as a total and the markets will determine the true long-term costs of environmental damage and sustainable economic systems. SNK Capital Trust will always be at the forefront looking for these market leaders.