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New head for European Environment Agency
04 June 2013The European Environment Agency, which provides information to policymakers in the European Commission and its member states, has appointed a new executive director.
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Airlines up the pressure on governments over emissions
04 June 2013A body representing the majority of global airlines has thrown its weight behind calls for a market-based mechanism to control the sector's emissions, boosting hopes that governments will also back such a move.
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China to adopt absolute carbon cap in 2016 - report
28 May 2013China is reportedly considering introducing an absolute cap on its carbon emissions in 2016.
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NY Green Bank seeks president
15 May 2013New York governor Andrew Cuomo has begun the search for a president of the state's recently announced $1 billion green investment bank.
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EU climate dithering risks lost decade of investment
13 May 2013The EU must resolve "conflicting and contradictory" signals on climate policy to avoid a "lost decade" of investment in its power sector, European electricity association Eurelectric warned in a new report.
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Green bonds to become 'cornerstone market within four years' – Flensborg
30 April 2013Environmental bonds will become a "cornerstone" of mainstream investors' portfolios within four years, one of the market's pioneers has claimed.
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Obama seeks 40% clean-tech spending boost in 2014
11 April 2013US President Barack Obama has proposed a budget that would see a dramatic rise of funding for clean technologies next year, while eliminating $4 billion of annual fossil fuel subsidies.
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EPA sets higher mercury pollution limit for new power plants
03 April 2013The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has raised the proposed mercury emissions limits for new power plants, after complaints that the initial targets were not achievable.
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$1.9trn energy subsidies hurting clean-tech investment - IMF
28 March 2013Governments around the world are spending $1.9 trillion a year in fuel subsidies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has calculated, a policy it blamed for driving up energy consumption and hurting clean energy investments.
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Green Investment Bank strikes first offshore wind equity deal
22 March 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has made its first direct equity investment in offshore wind, acquiring a quarter of an operating project from Germany's RWE.