News

  • German solar subsidy cuts postponed

    06 March 2012

    The solar subsidy cuts proposed by the German government will be not come into force before 1 April, according to a government spokesman.

  • Long road ahead seen to repair EU ETS

    06 March 2012

    A key European Parliamentary committee has voted in favour of measures to address the chronic oversupply of allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

  • US biofuels rules could lead to surging imports

    06 March 2012

    US rules on ethanol usage will favour Brazilian cane sugar producers and could lead to a surge in imports in the coming years, according to a research note from Rabobank International.

  • Bingaman introduces doomed clean energy bill, again

    05 March 2012

    A bill establishing a national clean energy standard (CES) has again been introduced in the US Senate, but its prospects are dim in an election year.

  • Wheb takes aim at Henderson, Aviva assets as it swoops on team

    05 March 2012

    Wheb Group has hired the majority of Henderson Global Investors' sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) team, in a move aimed at disgruntled SRI investors.

  • Voting open in the Environmental Finance Voluntary Carbon Market Survey

    05 March 2012

    Environmental Finance is conducting its annual survey of the voluntary carbon markets, polling its readers on the leading project developers, traders, brokers, advisors, verifiers and other service providers active in these markets.

  • US observers predict partial EPA victory on greenhouse gas rulings

    05 March 2012

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is likely to prevail in the court battle over its determination that greenhouse gases (GHGs) endanger public health and welfare, and its rules covering GHG emissions from cars, experts said. But the agency could be forced to revisit a rule that restricts its current GHG regulations of stationary sources to large emitters.

  • Allianz boosts weather risk capability

    05 March 2012

    German insurance giant Allianz has hired a leading weather risk originator with a view to increasing its underwriting of weather exposures.

  • US hospitals see environmental risks grow

    02 March 2012

    An enforcement crackdown by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law are creating environmental risks in the sector that risk managers must address, experts said.

  • Water scarcity an investment risk for UK utilities – S&P

    02 March 2012

    The effects of climate change and water scarcity in the east of England pose investment risks for utilities, according to Standard and Poor's.