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EcoSecurities founder returns with Amazon investment firm
13 May 2010Pedro Moura Costa, co-founder of emissions reduction project developer EcoSecurities, has launched an investment company that will finance sustainable businesses in the Amazon.
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Environmental markets at centre of Chesapeake clean-up plan
13 May 2010In a ground-breaking initiative that could trigger a new era in ecosystem markets, the Obama administration issued an executive order yesterday to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay, the US's largest and most polluted watershed.
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World missed 2010 targets for reducing biodiversity loss
13 May 2010The world has failed to meet its 2010 target for a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss, according to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
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India's weather risk market 'poised for growth' – WRMA
13 May 2010India's weather risk management industry could grow to a notional value of $2.35 billion over the next two-to-three years, according to an industry association survey.
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Leapfrog charity secures seed funding for low-carbon advisory service
13 May 2010The Tellus Mater Foundation, a UK-based grant-making trust, has donated £100,000 ($146,000) to Carbon Leapfrog, a charity that aims to channel free specialist assistance to emission reduction and clean technology projects.
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Utilities force revision to California's TRECs rules
13 May 2010Californian utilities will face delays in using tradable renewable energy credits (TRECs) to comply with the state's renewable mandate, after they petitioned for the rules to be revised.
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Pension group to unveil public-private climate fund
12 May 2010Some of the world's largest pension funds are set to unveil a public-private climate fund as a contribution to efforts to raise hundreds of billions of dollars for climate change financing.
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Returns 'more robust' from clean energy infrastructure – pension fund
12 May 2010Investments in clean energy infrastructure can offer more stable returns than conventional infrastructure investments, according to a leading UK pension fund.
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Quenching India's green power thirst
10 May 2010Renewable energy investment in India offers attractive returns – but barriers to entry are discouraging capital flows, say Sumit Kadakia and Mahua Acharya
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Dirty money
10 May 2010Waste management companies have been slow to expand into new markets – offering opportunities for investors with access to capital, says Nicholas de Mestre