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Amazon dam contract awarded as court injunction dismissed
22 April 2010A consortium of nine firms has won the right to build an 11GW hydroelectric dam on a tributary of the Amazon in Brazil – despite protests from environmental, indigenous and social groups, and a last minute injunction.
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Gas prices, overcapacity set to slow US wind growth – analyst
22 April 2010Low natural gas prices and overachievement of state renewable energy targets has led Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) to cut its forecasts for US wind energy growth.
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Barclays blows carbon, energy targets
22 April 2010Barclays is set to miss by a wide margin its three-year internal carbon and energy reduction targets, after acquisitions and divestments meant it was adrift from its 2009 per head emissions goal by 33 percentage points.
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CDM Board moves to speed up project registration (from Carbon Finance)
22 April 2010The Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board (CDM EB) is preparing proposals for an improved project registration process, said chairman Clifford Mahlung.
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Water investment a 'no-brainer' – fund manager
22 April 2010Investors are just scratching the surface of potential opportunities in the water sector, according to an asset manager that has launched a fund in the sector.
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Wheb tops £100m for clean-tech fund
22 April 2010Private equity firm Wheb Ventures has raised £100.3 million ($153 million) into its second clean technology fund at the fourth close, after receiving investment from a UK government-backed fund.
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Vodafone tops sustainability reporting poll
22 April 2010Vodafone Group has won the 'best report' category in this year's CR Reporting Awards for the third year in a row. The telecoms company, a staple of sustainable equity indexes, polled around 100 votes more than the runner-up, BP.
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IFC launches $200m green bond
16 April 2010The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has become the latest development bank to issue a 'green bond'.
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BP shareholders back oil sands investment
15 April 2010BP today defeated a shareholder resolution challenging its involvement in exploiting Canadian oil sands.
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Bonn climate talks highlight rifts widened since Copenhagen (from Carbon Finance)
15 April 2010The first meeting since the Copenhagen climate summit highlighted how far apart parties have moved since the December talks drew to a bitter close, offering little succour to the carbon market.