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US pledges $4bn to improve energy efficiency
02 December 2011The US has launched a nearly $4 billion public-private initiative to fund energy efficiency upgrades to federal and commercial buildings over the next two years.
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$1bn solar project goes ahead without DOE loan
01 December 2011SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) will move forward with a $1 billion-plus project to install solar panels on military housing despite losing a Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee.
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Finance directors should consider biodiversity risk – Aldersgate Group
01 December 2011Finance directors should consider the risks to the balance sheet arising from the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES), says the UK's Aldersgate Group, a business-led lobby group.
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NGOs call out 'climate killer' banks
01 December 2011A group of NGOs has named JPMorgan Chase, Citi and Bank of America the top three "climate killer" banks because of their financing of coal mining and coal-fired power generation.
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Solar spat threatens US-China trade war
30 November 2011China is hitting back at the US by launching its own probe into the US government's support for renewable energy. This comes just weeks after US federal officials announced they would investigate a complaint by domestic solar companies accusing the Chinese solar sector of unfair trade practices.
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Does private finance support climate change adaptation?
29 November 2011The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has raised doubts about the efficiency of using private finance to fund climate change adaptation in developing countries.
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Marsh eyes opportunities in renewables and clean-tech
29 November 2011Booming investment in renewable energy has led insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh to form a renewable power and clean-tech practice.
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Renewables investors 'confused' about weather risk
29 November 2011Many renewable energy investors and developers are confused about mitigating the effects of weather on plant performance, according to study by Swiss Re and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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NYSE, BNEF ignore dismal performance to launch new renewables indexes
29 November 2011NYSE Euronext has launched the first of a family of clean energy equity indexes, which it claims will help investors make more targeted investments in the sector.
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EU, US spell out climate finance flows as Durban floods
28 November 2011Representatives from the EU and the US have quantified the amounts pledged to developing countries in climate finance as the two-week Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN climate convention in Durban got off to a damp start.