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Fukushima disaster poses hard questions on climate targets
04 April 2011Climate targets will be harder to meet and ambitious nuclear building programmes around the world will become more expensive, commentators said, in the aftermath of the suspected Fukushima meltdown.
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California's carbon caveat emptor
04 April 2011Rules designed to protect the environmental integrity of California's carbon offset programme create unmanageable risks for investors that will reduce its efficiency, say Cameron Prell and Adam Raphaely
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How loan guarantees help
04 April 2011Jonathan Silver explains how the US Department of Energy's loan guarantee programme is supporting clean energy technologies, creating jobs and reducing emissions
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UK urged to convert nuclear stockpile into economic opportunity
31 March 2011The UK should turn its stockpiles of spent nuclear fuel into a £10 billion ($16 billion) economic opportunity, according to a report from the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment.
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Invest before lights turned out on US renewables subsidies – BNEF
31 March 2011Renewable energy financing will continue to recover this year, but project developers should take advantage of incentives offered by the US federal government while they still can, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) analyst.
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Investors give thumbs up for NEST ESG commitment
31 March 2011The UK's national pension scheme is to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis across all its asset classes, and has signed up to the UN-backed Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), winning plaudits from sustainable investment groups.
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US clean-tech finance boutique expands into Europe
31 March 2011Greentech Capital Advisors has opened a European office and announced the hire of a senior executive from nuclear power firm Areva.
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Nuclear sector's diversification into renewables to speed up?
31 March 2011Nuclear power companies could hasten acquisitions in the renewables sector in response to the Fukushima disaster, says consultancy PwC.
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US nuclear faces fight over loan guarantees
31 March 2011US nuclear opponents are gearing up for a fight to stop nuclear power stations from receiving federal loan guarantees in light of the feared meltdown in Japan.
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EU proposes 60% transport emission cut; not tough enough for greens
31 March 2011The European Commission plans to slash 60% from the EU's transport emissions by 2050, compared to 1990 levels, but environmental lobbyists said the proposal lacks ambition.