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$3trn investor coalition heaps 'stranded asset' pressure on fossil fuel firms
24 October 2013A coalition of investors worth $3 trillion has joined forces to write to 45 of the biggest oil and gas companies demanding how they are dealing with the threat of 'stranded assets'.
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Terra Firma to float '£1.5bn' Infinis
21 October 2013Private equity giant Terra Firma's Infinis Energy is set to become the latest renewables firm to tap the public markets after it announced plans for a float that could value the company at £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion).
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A crisis looms
17 October 2013Jeremy Leggett's new book warns of turmoil ahead for the global energy and financial systems, but there is still hope for the longer-term future. His work is reviewed by Nick Robins
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People moves
16 October 2013The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at the Green Climate Fund, Global Reporting Initiative, Green Investment Bank, Trillium Asset Management and more
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Coal assets to suffer most from fossil fuel 'divestment stigma'
08 October 2013Coal stocks are more vulnerable than oil and natural gas to the fossil fuel divestment movement, according to a new study which has called on investors to evaluate the "poorly understood and regularly mispriced" environmental risks in their portfolios.
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Impact investment fund exceeds £100m target
07 October 2013A leading UK impact investment fund has obtained equity commitments of £125 million ($201 million), well above its target of £100 million.
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ICAO agrees aviation emissions plan for 2020 but 'handicaps EU efforts'
07 October 2013The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to introduce a global market-based mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2020, but has been slammed for restricting regional efforts to do the same.
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Norway to buy 30 million offsets to rescue 'stranded' CDM projects
03 October 2013Norway's ministry of finance has signed an agreement to buy up to 30 million carbon credits from projects that risk being discontinued because of low emissions prices.
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Roenbeck takes the helm at EMA
02 October 2013Joe Roenbeck, an energy trader at PSEG Energy Resources & Trade, has been appointed chairman of the Environmental Markets Association for a three-year term.
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EU electrical waste market to reach $1.8bn in 2020, say analysts
02 October 2013The European market for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is expected to reach $1.79 billion in 2020 from around $1.30 billion in 2012, analysts say.