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A shifting kaleidoscope
01 April 2008The global biofuels industry is realigning, says Ben Warren, as sustainability concerns, shifting support schemes, and changing agricultural markets exert differing pressures across the value chain
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Reassessing risk
01 April 2008On the face of it, Bear Stearns' collapse does not appear to have a great deal to do with climate change. The venerable Wall Street institution was brought to its knees by the investment banking equivalent of an old-fashioned run on its assets, by investors and counterparties who had no confidence that the bank could make good on its commitments.
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An enterprise-wide approach
01 April 2008The emergence of the derivatives business forced banks to take a new approach to risk management. It is time to apply those lessons to carbon, says Ron Dembo
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Changing the financing climate
01 April 2008The European Investment Bank's lending policy has changed radically to meet the challenge of global warming, Christopher Cundy reports
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Back to the drawing board
01 April 2008Allison Wood unpicks the US Court of Appeals ruling that gutted the EPA's mercury trading proposals – and suggests the story doesn't end here
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Can carbon make nuclear pay?
01 April 2008The US nuclear industry is hopeful that the introduction of carbon trading will help finance a new generation of nuclear power plants. But the European experience may give them pause. Jess McCabe reports
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Coming into its own
01 April 2008Concerns over energy security and climate change are persuading politicians that nuclear power has a vital role to play in the electricity supply mix of the future, says Ian Hore-Lacy
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From wind to water
01 April 2008With €1.7 billion under management, Bozena Jankowska's EcoTrends fund has become one of the largest environmental funds in the market. Now the RCM fund manager is turning her attention to the water sector. Mark Nicholls reports
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Here comes the sun
01 April 2008Solar plants are getting bigger and project financiers are getting interested. Nick Gardiner and Neena Madhok look at what's driving the sector – and what risks investors face
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Suzlon goes global
01 April 2008Elizabeth Block reports on how wind turbine maker Suzlon has expanded its horizons far beyond India