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China joins US at top of clean energy investment table
03 June 2010Massive investment in clean energy projects has propelled China to the number one spot in a report ranking the world's most attractive locations for renewable energy investment.
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National Grid earmarks £22bn for clean energy infrastructure
27 May 2010National Grid, one of the largest investor-owned utilities in the world, is planning a major increase in capital expenditure over the next five years to enable it to deal with a sharp rise in low-carbon energy sources.
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Investors, forest peoples in talks over forest finance
27 May 2010Investors met with forest-dependent peoples in London this week, for "non-confrontational" discussions around controversial forest financing plans.
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Tony Blair takes Khosla shilling
27 May 2010Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has joined California venture capital (VC) firm Khosla Ventures.
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Biomass energy plantations 'worsen climate change' – NGO
20 May 2010The bioenergy industry has defended the use of forest plantations to create fuel for power plants, following claims by NGO Biofuelwatch that expanding wood biomass production to meet EU renewable energy targets will make climate change worse, not better.
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Merrill hires leading sustainability analysts
20 May 2010Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BoAML) has hired two leading sustainability analysts, in further evidence of resurgent interest among sell-side brokers in offering responsible investment research.
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Global Environmental Facility pledges $250 million for forest finance
20 May 2010The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has announced a funding envelope of $250 million for sustainable forestry management (SFM) initiatives, including a focus on using forests for climate change mitigation.
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EEA exits management of Leaf Clean Energy
20 May 2010Leaf Clean Energy, a London-listed clean technology fund, is to split from its investment advisor EEA Fund Management, following its failure to merge with Trading Emissions.
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Leapfrog charity secures seed funding for low-carbon advisory service
13 May 2010The Tellus Mater Foundation, a UK-based grant-making trust, has donated £100,000 ($146,000) to Carbon Leapfrog, a charity that aims to channel free specialist assistance to emission reduction and clean technology projects.
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Pension group to unveil public-private climate fund
12 May 2010Some of the world's largest pension funds are set to unveil a public-private climate fund as a contribution to efforts to raise hundreds of billions of dollars for climate change financing.