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Carbon to collapse below €1 if backloading is not agreed – analysts
01 February 2013Carbon prices could fall below €1 ($1.37) and average €2-3 this year if European governments reject a proposal to curb oversupply in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), according to analysts.
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People moves this month
01 February 2013Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month
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California: America's cap-and-trade crucible
01 February 2013On 1 January, California created the world's second largest carbon trading programme, in a bold experiment that will either set the path for US climate policy in the years to come, or sound the death knell for carbon markets in North America. Gloria Gonzalez and Mark Nicholls report
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EDITORIAL: A return to growth – and resource constraint?
01 February 2013As the economic storm clouds lift, looming resource constraints should be a buy signal for the environmental technology sector, says Mark Nicholls
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Connecticut green bank launches solar PV finance competition
01 February 2013Connecticut's green bank is launching a competition worth up to $10 million to spur investor interest in financing residential solar projects.
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Blue Energy to invest £250m after buying HgCapital's wind developer
01 February 2013Renewables developer Blue Energy is to spend £250 million ($395.5 million) buying and developing private equity investor HgCapital's UK wind portfolio.
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Bluechips back WRI water risk tool
31 January 2013The World Resources Institute (WRI) has launched an online mapping tool to help investors and companies assess how water risks affect their business – an initiative backed by General Electric, Goldman Sachs and Shell, among others.
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ASrIA appoints new general manager
31 January 2013The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) has appointed Jessica Robinson as its general manager.
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Global aviation deal could see $7 billion a year spent on offsets
31 January 2013A market-based mechanism to curb emissions in the global aviation industry would raise some $7 billion a year by 2030, according to WWF, which believes an agreement on such a measure is "within reach".
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US wind industry celebrates record year
31 January 2013US wind capacity has topped the 60GW mark after a record level of installations in the final quarter of 2012 ahead of the pending expiration of the production tax credit (PTC), according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).