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US wind power sector soaring but urgently needs certainty on tax breaks – AWEA
26 October 2011The US wind power sector is soaring thanks in large part to a tax policy that makes it attractive to investors, but the uncertainty surrounding those very incentives is casting a cloud over the future, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
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Investors welcome UK renewables review, but uncertainties linger
25 October 2011Investors in renewable energy projects have welcomed a lack of "nasty surprises" in proposals to recalibrate the UK's Renewables Obligation support regime, but warn that lingering uncertainties still loom over the sector.
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Rio+20 conference 'in need of help'
25 October 2011Preparations for next year's landmark UN Conference on Sustainable Development are under pressure in terms of both time and money, according to David Runnalls, outgoing president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
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Time to open up Equator Principles – BankTrack
25 October 2011A banking industry initiative on social and environmental risks in project finance should become more transparent and expand its scope, according to campaigners.
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Clean-tech association for Africa is launched
25 October 2011An association to represent the interests of the African clean-tech sector was launched on Monday in South Africa.
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Japan's 2020 emissions target under threat
25 October 2011Japan's pledge to cut its emissions to 25% below 1990 levels by 2020 could be revised if it is not legally adopted this year, warned observers, as hopes dim for passage of a climate bill enshrining the target, despite parliament resuming for an extraordinary session last week.
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Investment giant State Street to launch green bond funds
24 October 2011State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched a green bond "investment strategy" and is developing funds that will use the strategy.
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Eurosif to reconsider market survey methodology
24 October 2011The European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif) is to reconsider the methodology that underpins its benchmark survey of the size of the European responsible investment market.
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Is environmental private equity coming of age?
24 October 2011Magnus Goodlad considers, after 10 years of private equity investment in environmental technology, how far the sector has come
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Unpaving the way for green infrastructure
24 October 2011Philadelphia is experimenting with a novel approach to attract private finance to address stormwater run-off – which could form the basis of run-off credit programmes. Alisa Valderrama explains