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Federal funds needed to keep clean-tech from 'valley of death'
23 May 2012The US government must step in to finance clean energy research and development as the private markets continue to shy away from such investments, experts said.
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UK eyes low-carbon electricity sector with wide-ranging market reform
22 May 2012The UK government has unveiled draft legislation to reform the country's electricity market to incentivise renewable energy, nuclear power and carbon capture and storage.
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State efforts raise questions over US federal CES – Murkowski
22 May 2012An erstwhile Republican supporter of a federal clean energy standard (CES) has decided not to back a Senate bill establishing such a standard, citing successful efforts at the state level.
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Rio+20: Business calls for better policies on sustainability
22 May 2012The deep transformation required to make society sustainable will only be achieved if governments set policies that unleash the power of business, according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
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Taking stock of non-financial reporting
22 May 2012With corporate sustainability reporting high on the agenda at the forthcoming Rio+20 meeting, Paul Scott reflects upon how far the practice has come in the past two decades – and how far it still has to go
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Europe's largest renewables fund plays safe with onshore wind, hydro
21 May 2012Europe's largest renewable energy infrastructure fund is only investing in projects that are closest to being viable without government support, according to the fund's manager.
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Republicans needed for renewables financing boost
18 May 2012A Democratic US senator wants to allow clean energy projects to be financed using tax-advantaged master limited partnerships (MLPs), but has so far had no luck getting a Republican counterpart to sign on.
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EBRD puts emissions target on energy lending
18 May 2012The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the investments made in the 2012-14 phase of its sustainable energy initiative (SEI).
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Commerce Department hits Chinese solar firms with stiff anti-dumping penalties
18 May 2012The US Department of Commerce imposed substantial anti-dumping penalties on Chinese solar manufacturers after finding that they have been dumping their products in the US at less than fair value.
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Food security pitch wins 'World Cup' of Rio+20 proposals
17 May 2012Ensuring that 9 billion people can be fed by 2050 should be the number one priority for governments at next month's Rio+20 sustainable development summit, according to an audience of business executives, policy-makers and NGOs polled in London yesterday.