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Water quality trading to bloom in Ohio
30 August 2011A water quality trading programme, meant to reduce the release of excess nutrients into the Ohio River Basin, last week received a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant which will allow the first pilot trades to go ahead.
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UK corporate pension funds improve on RI... slowly
30 August 2011There are early signs of "a step change" in how corporate pension funds in the UK approach responsible investment, but progress does not reflect broader corporate awareness of sustainable business issues, according to a survey from UKSIF.
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Google's latest search
30 August 2011Google has become one of corporate America's largest investors in renewable energy. Gloria Gonzalez investigates
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Governors call for another seven years of wind tax credits
30 August 2011The US federal government should extend the production and investment tax credits for wind power for at least seven years, according to a bipartisan group of state governors.
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Generation eyeing credit markets
30 August 2011Generation Investment Management, the sustainability-focused investment firm, is building a "credit markets investment platform", with the hire of a corporate debt specialist the latest addition to a growing team.
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Wind firms look skywards for new market
30 August 2011Using kites and balloons to tap the strong, consistent winds more than two kilometres in the air could avoid many of the pitfalls of more down-to-earth wind farms, according to the first market report on the nascent industry by consultancy GL Garrad Hassan.
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KGAL aims timber fund at insurance companies, pension funds
25 August 2011KGAL is hoping to raise €250 million ($360 million) into its second sustainable forestry fund, and its first aimed at institutional investors.
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Supply glut, policy uncertainty casts shadow over solar
25 August 2011The global solar manufacturing sector has been under tremendous pressure from a supply glut and policy challenges that led to a string of disappointing earnings reports and bankruptcies, with further consolidation possible in the second half.
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Aviva, Sachsenfonds reach first close on €300m renewables fund
25 August 2011Aviva Investors has reached a first close of a fund to invest in onshore wind and solar farms in Europe.
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Fuel cell firm raises $73.5m
25 August 2011Stationary fuel cell maker ClearEdge Power has raised $73.5 million in a fifth round of funding, led by hedge fund Artis Capital Management.