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SRI investment growth outpaces wider US market
11 November 2010Growth in socially responsible and sustainable investments (SRI) has substantially outpaced the broader US market, despite the economic recession, according to the latest bi-annual study from the Social Investment Forum (SIF).
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Biofuel firm sends pork fat flying
11 November 2010A biofuel plant in Louisiana is turning chicken fat and pork lard into renewable diesel, in what its joint venture partners say is the first commercial-scale advanced biofuels facility in the US.
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People moves
09 November 2010The latest appointments at Globalance Capital, Swiss Banking Group, Environmental Financial Products, GE, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and more.
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Enel Green Power fails to light up Milan, Madrid bourses
04 November 2010Enel Green Power (EGP) made a less than stellar debut on the Milan and Madrid bourses today, following a sluggish €2.6 billion ($3.7 billion) initial public offering (IPO) in which parent company Italian utility giant Enel was forced to drop the price to entice reluctant institutional investors.
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Regional cap-and-trade survives US election
04 November 2010California's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading system survived two challenges in elections this week, but the Democrat's loss of the House of Representatives effectively puts an end to any federal programme to cap and trade emissions.
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First auction puts $3/lb price on Chesapeake nutrient pollution
04 November 2010An ecosystems market designed to reduce nutrient runoff into Chesapeake Bay has started, with the first auction for credits representing the removal of 21,000 pounds of nitrogen from the polluted watershed sold for $3.04 each.
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Delay on GIB could derail UK's 2020 targets
04 November 2010The UK's plan for a Green Investment Bank (GIB) to ramp up investment in renewables and energy efficiency should be sped up to ensure the country's 2020 targets can be reached, an influential committee of Members of Parliament (MPs) has heard.
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US clean energy prospects murky after Republican victory
04 November 2010A day after a landslide Republican victory in the US House of Representatives, President Barack Obama pledged to work with his opponents to find common ground on energy issues, but exactly what that means for the clean energy sector remains unclear.
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US wind industry at three-year low
04 November 2010The US wind energy industry had its slowest quarter since 2007, leading to calls for renewables policies to be strengthened.
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Maersk to measure emissions from shipping containers
04 November 2010Danish shipping company Maersk Line is to tell customers the carbon footprint of each container it moves around the world, an initiative that observers hope will accelerate the shipping industry's otherwise slow progress on limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
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