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Gore calls for transaction tax, sustainable capitalism
07 November 2011Al Gore last week endorsed a financial transaction tax to as a mechanism to encourage responsible investing and "build a generation of sustainable capitalism".
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US solar subsidy complaint could backfire – Third Way
07 November 2011An anti-dumping and unfair subsidy complaint filed by US solar energy producers against the Chinese solar sector may not help these struggling producers survive, but could increase US manufacturing jobs, according to centrist think-tank Third Way.
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Energy storage sector reaps windfall from clean-tech VCs – E&Y
03 November 2011A record $421 million of venture capital investment in the energy storage sector helped push clean-tech venture capital (VC) investment in the US up 73% in the last quarter, according to Ernst & Young.
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Ontario to revise renewables tariff, threatening pending projects
03 November 2011Ontario regulators will consider adopting declining rates for renewable energy projects supported by the province's feed-in tariff (FiT) – and some pending projects will be hit, developers have complained.
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Beacon CEO rebuts Solyndra comparison
03 November 2011The CEO of energy storage company Beacon Power, a recipient of a loan guarantee from the Department of Energy (DOE) which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, has taken exception to media reports comparing his company to bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.
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Electric vehicles may be 'bad bet' – Cleantech Group
03 November 2011Investments in the electric vehicle industry may be a bad clean-tech bet, according to an executive at the Cleantech Group, but the water sector is thirsty for investment.
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UN bodies call for global 'blue carbon' market
03 November 2011A global market in carbon captured within the world's oceans – 'blue carbon' – should be established to help protect the marine environment, according to a major UN report.
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AIR launches weather insurance model for Chinese crops
02 November 2011US risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has launched a multiple-peril crop insurance (MPCI) model for China, which it claims is an industry first.
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Oil and gas move to hit European environmental liability cover – insurers
02 November 2011A proposal by the European Commission to regulate safety standards for offshore oil and gas operations could have unintended consequences for the environmental liability insurance market, according to the CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation.
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Biodiversity 4 Banks training programme launched
01 November 2011Banking group Citi has joined forces with WWF and the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program to help financial institutions manage risks from biodiversity and ecosystem services in their lending decisions.