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  • Exxon and other laggards excluded from LGIM Future World Funds

    21 June 2019

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has excluded more climate change laggards from its Future World Funds range after they failed to respond to its engagement programme.

  • $1.8trn investor group urges US utilities to set net-zero carbon deadline

    01 March 2019

    Investors representing a combined $1.8 trillion in assets have demanded that the 20 largest publicly traded electricity utilities in the US commit to achieving net-zero carbon emissions.

  • North American electricity utilities trail European counterparts in transition to low-carbon economy

    09 June 2017

    Electricity utilities are, on average, not reducing emissions fast enough to be in line with a scenario that would limit climate change to the Paris Agreement's 2°C target, a Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) study has found.

  • Xcel Energy seeks to boost solar resources

    15 September 2014

    Xcel Energy, a major US gas and electricity company, is seeking requests for proposals for up to 200MW of solar power capacity, via its Texas based subsidiary Southwestern Public Service (SPS).

  • US generator eyes cost savings from more renewables

    17 September 2013

    A major US utility expects to save "a substantial amount" for its customers by sharply increasing the amount of wind power capacity in its generation mix.