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Stuck on REDD
17 December 2010Investment is urgently needed to save the world's tropical forests, but efforts of investors such as Hylton Murray-Philipson have been hobbled by slow progress towards an international 'REDD' framework. He talks to Mark Nicholls
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Temperatures rising
17 December 2010The US administration is considering whether to drag China to the WTO over alleged clean-tech protectionism. But ensuring that China plays by the rules is only one part of the story, says Jake Colvin
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Not punishment, but cure
17 December 2010James Cameron from Climate Change Capital says pricing carbon is a vital part of the world's growth strategy – which makes regulatory attacks on the market so baffling
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Trading truncated
17 December 2010The regulatory omens don't look good for the major US emissions markets, and the economic downturn has dried up liquidity in the regional ones. Gloria Gonzalez reports on a gloomy year in SO2 and NOx
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California dreaming
17 December 2010Trading is under way in California's nascent carbon market – which could form a basis for EPA carbon regulation across the US, say Stephen MacKenzie and Thomas Cape
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Leading lights named in survey of environmental markets
16 December 2010Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance – two of the leading global publications covering environmental markets – have named the winners in their annual market survey.
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US clean energy target to include nuclear, clean coal?
16 December 2010The next US Congress has its sights on a clean energy standard (CES) that includes clean coal and new nuclear technology rather than a federal renewable electricity standard (RES), a shift that Barack Obama's administration seems willing to embrace.
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Investors warned on risky unconventional fossil fuels
16 December 2010Investors must scrutinise the significant risks associated with production of unconventional fossil fuel sources such as oil shale and coal-to-liquids (CTL), according to a report commissioned by Ceres.
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UK overhauls electricity markets, clean energy subsidies
16 December 2010The UK government today announced plans to overhaul the country's electricity market, introducing feed-in tariffs for clean energy generation and supporting carbon prices.
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US Senate throws renewable grants a lifeline
16 December 2010The US Treasury grant programme for renewable energy projects is on the verge of receiving a critical lifeline.