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US Democrats to fight cuts to clean energy support
24 February 2011US Senate Democrats are pushing back against an attempt to gut funding for clean energy by Republicans in the House of Representatives, in a battle over the budget which is bringing the government close to a shut-down.
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Drax calls for biomass co-firing support as capacity left idle
22 February 2011The operators of England's 4GW coal-fired power station Drax today admitted to leaving its biomass capacity partially idle because of "insufficient regulatory support".
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Record number of shareholder calls for US, Canadian energy firms to disclose environment risks
21 February 2011Energy companies in the US and Canada are facing a burgeoning shareholder revolt over inadequate disclosure of environmental risks.
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Chevron investors shrug off $8.6bn pollution fine
17 February 2011An Ecuadorian court has a slim chance of enforcing an $8.6 billion pollution fine against Chevron, according to one lawyer, and investors seem unconcerned with the development.
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Emerging market executives take lead on sustainability – survey
17 February 2011'Sustainable' business practices are seen as more important in the developing world than in developed countries, according to a survey of executives – and the gap is set to widen.
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LED group targets $150m IPO
17 February 2011Florida-based Lighting Science Group aims to raise $150 million in an initial public offering (IPO).
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Clean energy standard to fail in US Congress, predicts MidAmerican
10 February 2011The odds are against passage of a US federal clean energy standard (CES) and against legislation to prevent the so-called regulatory train wreck, according to utility MidAmerican Energy.
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Khosla-backed biofuels firm Gevo rises after IPO
10 February 2011Shares in Gevo rose as much as 16% in their first day of trading on Nasdaq yesterday, following an initial public offering (IPO) of the Vinod Khosla-backed biofuels and renewable chemicals firm that was priced at the top of its range.
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Palm oil giant pledges action on Indonesian deforestation
10 February 2011Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) has reached an agreement with an environmental group to conserve carbon-rich forests in Indonesia – including setting a provisional 'carbon threshold' which would see it protect high-carbon forests.
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US government funding fuels $100m clean-tech private investment
10 February 2011The US government is claiming a win for its clean-technology (clean-tech) stimulus funding, announcing that six US clean-tech companies have secured more than $100 million in private capital a year on from picking up $23.6 million in government funding.