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Environmental non-profit buys US coal mines
18 August 2015ERP Compliant Fuels (ERP), an environmentally-focused non-profit, has agreed to buy various assets, including two coal mines, from Patriot Coal, as part of the latter's bankruptcy proceedings.
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Norway's oil fund divests from Korea's Posco and Daewoo
18 August 2015Norway's sovereign wealth fund – the largest in the world – is to exclude leading Korean companies Posco and Daewoo International from its investment portfolio because of their involvement in palm oil plantations in Indonesia.
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NTR to spin-off pureplay European wind company
18 August 2015Irish conglomerate NTR has revealed in full its plan to spin off its European wind business into a separate company.
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Aquila Capital buys UK solar plant
17 August 2015Aquila Capital has bought its second solar plant in the UK, praising the country's renewable energy investment landscape.
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Morningstar to offer ESG scores for funds
13 August 2015Morningstar is to begin offering environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores on mutual and exchange-traded funds, in a move it says is an industry first.
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GreenStream loan is 'missing piece of the puzzle' for growth in China
06 August 2015Finnish environmental services firm GreenStream has secured "the missing piece of the puzzle" with a financing package from a Chinese development bank.
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Hudson and Adenium in $300m Japanese solar tie-up
05 August 2015Private equity firms Hudson Clean Energy Partners and Adenium Energy Capital have joined forces to construct $300 million of solar photovoltaic (PV) assets in Japan.
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Obama pollution plan boosts prospects for renewables … and Paris
04 August 2015Barack Obama has laid down tough measures to tackle emissions from US power plants, in a bold statement that is expected to boost the renewables sector and facilitate a global climate change agreement.
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Impax private equity fund exits wind farm
03 August 2015Sustainable investment specialist Impax Asset Management has sold a wind farm in France.
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Tool to help investors assess deforestation risks to portfolios
31 July 2015Banks and investors are being urged to assess the risks to their portfolios from deforestation, using a new tool created by the UN.