Over the past eighteen months, a number of stocks have benefited handsomely from environmentally-oriented proposals and/or new legislation issued by the EPA. Last year, shares of ADA-ES Inc. (ADES) doubled ahead of the EPA's new coal-fired power plant regulations that went into effect early this year. In The Fracking Industry, shares of Flotek (FTK) rocketed higher in 2011, as big oil companies embraced the company's environmentally friendly fluids ahead of EPA inquiries into the cleanliness of produced water.

AbTech Industries ($ABHD) has recently completed the private placement of a $4 million bridge financing, which consists of 12% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes.

The company plans to use some of the funds to hire additional engineers and regional field taskforce personnel to support the nationwide rollout of its stormwater-treatment program, and to develop other business opportunities.

This week, AbTech Industries ($ABHD) successfully completed field testing of its Smart Sponge® Mixed Media Contactor, wherein it treated produced water at a Wyoming natural gas exploration and production site.