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Soros to invest $1bn in clean-tech
15 October 2009Billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros has said he will invest $1 billion in clean technology, in a bid to tackle climate change.
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Robeco raising third clean-tech fund
15 October 2009Dutch investment manager Robeco is raising capital into its third clean-tech private equity fund-of-funds, according to its global head of private equity.
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ICAO considers emissions trading for aviation sector
15 October 2009The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation through market-based measures, improved fuel efficiency and use of biofuels, ahead of December's UN climate talks.
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Southern buys $475–500m biomass power project in Texas
14 October 2009US electricity utility Southern Company is buying a $475m–500m, 100MW biomass power project in Texas from developer American Renewables as part of its plan to expand its biomass generating capacity.
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FRR calculates climate risk to asset classes
08 October 2009Long-term investors should consider shifting out of equities and into bonds, unless they believe ambitious efforts to tackle climate change are likely, a working paper by French pension fund Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) suggests.
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Clean energy investment slips again
08 October 2009Global investment in clean energy slipped to $25.9 billion in the third quarter of 2009, according to analysis firm New Energy Finance (NEF), down from $28.6 billion in the second quarter and 22% below the same period last year. However, investment is still much higher than in the first quarter of 2009, when it fell $13.3 billion.
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Corrected: Industry questions Commission's CCS shortlist
08 October 2009The European Commission has proposed a list of six carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to receive a total of €1.05 billion ($1.6 billion) in funding, but industry representatives are concerned about the lack of transparency involved in the selection procedure.
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US government watchdog suggests ethanol tax credit unneccesary
07 October 2009The top US government watchdog has cast doubt on the necessity of federal ethanol subsidies, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).
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Ten years on
01 October 2009It's Environmental Finance's 10th anniversary. Editor Mark Nicholls looks back at a decade of progress – and a few pitfalls on the way
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Moving into the mainstream
01 October 2009Ten years ago, most investors dismissed environmental issues out of hand. Now, the evangelists and the specialists have been joined by the investment mainstream. Mark Nicholls reports