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  • AIR models supply chain catastrophe risks

    17 April 2012

    Risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has launched a product to help risk managers better assess and reduce catastrophe risks from their supply chains.

  • California presses ahead

    17 April 2012

    Californian regulators have dismissed concerns about the start of the state's carbon cap-and-trade programme next year – but plenty of uncertainties are worrying emitters. Gloria Gonzalez reports from San Francisco

  • Citi $6.4bn closer to climate investment target in 2011

    17 April 2012

    Citi facilitated or made $6.4 billion of investments to help mitigate climate change in 2011, putting the US banking giant comfortably on course to exceed its target of $50 billion in such investments by 2017.

  • Clean energy M&A rises in first quarter

    13 April 2012

    Clean energy mergers and acquisitions (M&A) surged in the first quarter of 2012, while private equity investments and public market activity were all down, according to figures from VB Research.

  • No US wind farms planned, or turbines ordered, for 2013 – AWEA

    13 April 2012

    The US wind energy industry is set to come to a grinding halt at the end of this year unless a crucial production tax credit (PTC) for renewable energy is extended, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has warned.

  • BrightSource Energy withdraws IPO

    12 April 2012

    Solar thermal developer BrightSource Energy has withdrawn its initial public offering (IPO) due to adverse market conditions.

  • Bridging the gap on water risk

    12 April 2012

    How should large companies and their investors consider, and communicate, water risk? Environmental Finance and Irbaris brought the two sides together to find out. Mark Nicholls reports

  • Italian renewables tariff review dismays industry

    12 April 2012

    Italy is to cut the tariff it pays to solar energy installations by 35% on average, according to decrees approved by the industry and environment ministries.

  • Clean energy investment slumps in first quarter

    12 April 2012

    New investment in clean energy in the first quarter of 2012 totalled $27 billion – some 28% down on the previous quarter and 22% below the total for the same quarter last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

  • RBS aims to save £200m through environmental targets

    12 April 2012

    The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced plans to save £200 million ($319 million) by 2020 via new environmental targets.