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FSC engagement with carbon offsets splits NGOs
05 July 2011A controversial motion recognising the environmental value of forests for storing carbon has been passed by the general assembly of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
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Finding a path to REDD investment
05 July 2011How can finance be mobilised to protect the world's rainforests, in a climate of extreme policy uncertainty? Environmental Finance and Irbaris convened a panel of experts to try to find out. Mark Nicholls reports
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UK opposition joins fight against solar incentive cuts
04 July 2011The leader of the UK's opposition Labour party is backing a challenge to the government's proposals to make deep cuts to large-scale solar incentives.
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EPA blasts American Electric Power over false coal shutdown claims
01 July 2011Utility American Electric Power (AEP) is incorrectly claiming that its flurry of planned coal unit retirements and retrofits is being instigated by pending US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, according to a top EPA official.
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Eurosif's Aerospace & Defence report
Eurosif's Aerospace & Defence report is 13th in a series of reports examining environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges across various industry sectors, and the associated risks and opportunities these pose for long‑term returns.
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New US SO2 and NOx market rules due next week
01 July 2011The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will release its final version of the Transport Rule by the middle of next week, according to a top EPA official.
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Prospects looking up for climate investment theme – analysts
01 July 2011The outlook for climate change-related investments is brightening after a few years when "it's been a pretty depressing place to work", according to a leading analyst.
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First Solar loan guarantees come through, shares jump
01 July 2011First Solar's shares soared on news that the developer received all three of the loan guarantees it was seeking from the US government.
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Kohl's, Intel lead corporate renewables push
30 June 2011The proportion of electricity sourced from renewable sources by leading corporate purchasers rose almost 50% last year, according to a survey by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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Cap and trade scrapped in UK energy efficiency scheme
30 June 2011UK businesses will be able to buy an unlimited number of carbon credits at a fixed price under a simplification of the UK's CRC energy efficiency scheme announced today.