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November issue of Environmental Finance out now
19 November 2009The latest issue of Environmental Finance is now available, featuring a special report examining the key issues faced by the international climate change negotiators in Copenhagen next month.
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November issue of Carbon Finance out now
19 November 2009The November issue of Carbon Finance is now available, including the latest on negotiations on a post-2012 international climate agreement.
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EU 'well on track' to meet Kyoto target
12 November 2009The EU is on track to meet its Kyoto Protocol target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the European Commission's annual emissions report.
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US to boost solar manufacturing with tax credits
12 November 2009US Senators have introduced a bill that would extend the 30% solar investment tax credit (ITC) to equipment and facilities used to manufacture solar technology.
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EIB, banks up UK onshore wind funding
12 November 2009The European Investment Bank (EIB) and three private sector banks are to lend up to £1.4 billion ($2.3 billion) to onshore wind farms in the UK – 40% more than was planned just three months ago when the programme was first flagged.
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Invicta seeks £300m for Scottish biomass fund
12 November 2009Invicta Capital aims to raise £300 million ($496 million) into a fund to develop nine biomass combined heat-and-power plants in Scotland.
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Mountain plans second German clean-tech fund
12 November 2009Mountain Cleantech, a Switzerland-based investment group, plans to launch its second fund targeting the clean technology (clean-tech) sector in German-speaking countries.
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Walkers chips away at water footprint of crisps
05 November 2009PepsiCo UK & Ireland, the company behind Walkers Crisps, has undertaken a project to identify practical actions to reduce water usage by potato growers, the firm said in its annual environmental sustainability report published last month.
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JV formed to develop Desertec plan
05 November 2009A joint venture has been set up to pursue the €400 billion ($595 billion) Desertec project, to build solar and wind projects in the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to supply local energy needs – and export electricity to Europe.
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RiskMetrics makes second ESG acquisition this year
05 November 2009RiskMetrics has bought socially responsible investment (SRI) pioneer KLD Research & Analytics for $10 million, in the latest sign of consolidation in the SRI research space.