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Renewables sector fights to resuscitate RES in Senate
29 July 2010Renewable energy backers are fighting to overturn the surprising omission of a federal renewable electricity standard (RES) in the limited energy bill being debated by the US Senate, but the odds are against them.
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London report slams EU emissions trade infrastructure
29 July 2010Europe's emissions trading infrastructure falls well short of best practice in financial markets, according to a report published this week.
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People moves
23 July 2010The latest appointments at Jefferies, Osmosis, Evolution Markets, Aviva, HSBC, and more
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A tale of two sectors
23 July 2010Chinese policy towards its wind and solar industries has taken different paths – promoting wind at home first, while encouraging solar exporters. But structural issues are looming for both sectors. Joshua Speckman reports
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Time to be counted
23 July 2010What is the economic value of an endangered species? How much is as yet undeciphered genetic information worth? Can a price be put on a habitat's delicate ecological balance?
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Raising the stakes
23 July 2010As head of Barclays Capital's environmental markets desk, Louis Redshaw has taken a deliberate, even cautious approach to building the business. But, as he tells Mark Nicholls, the current environment offers a chance to up the ante
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Joining up the dots
23 July 2010Managing information flows between participants in Clean Development Mechanism projects around the world has generated headaches for all concerned – but Carbonflow thinks it has the answer. Mark Nicholls reports
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US faces water supply crisis: study
22 July 2010A new study says climate change will take a "serious toll" on American water supplies in the coming decades, with the group behind the report calling on Congress to pass "meaningful legislation" to reduce global warming pollution.
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2010 a record year for offshore wind: EWEA
22 July 2010This year is set to be a record one for the offshore wind sector, says the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), but a lack of financing is holding back the industry's growth.
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Environmental risk policy in the works at Royal Bank of Canada
22 July 2010Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is working on an environmental and social risk policy to cover its corporate banking operations, and hopes to be ready for implementation by November this year.