News

• US edges towards first wind farms in the Atlantic

  02 December 2010

  The US Atlantic states are making progress toward building the country's first offshore wind projects, but several barriers need to be addressed to propel the sector, according to an NGO report.

• Europe set for 60% low-carbon electricity by 2030

  02 December 2010

  Low-carbon power sources should account for around 60% of European electricity production by 2030, says the industry association Eurelectric.

• 'Misperception of risk' hobbling energy efficiency investment – IEA

  02 December 2010

  Private sector investors perceive higher levels of risk in energy efficiency projects than is actually the case, according the International Energy Agency (IEA), which is proposing a number of measures governments can take to bridge this perception gap.

• Europe's VCs call for clean-tech policy support

  02 December 2010

  Europe's "historical leadership" in environmental technologies is under threat, according to a venture capital and private equity association, which is calling for a range of public policy initiatives in response.

• 2010: deadly and expensive

  02 December 2010

  Catastrophes such as earthquakes and the explosion of BP's oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico caused $222 billion of damage in 2010, more than triple the losses suffered in 2009.

• Developing countries could become uninsurable - report

  02 December 2010

  Insurance companies must do more to act on climate change or risk developing countries becoming uninsurable, says UK-based environmental think tank Forum for the Future.

• Green mutual funds outperform traditional in US – Trucost, RLP

  02 December 2010

  Equity mutual funds that incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis are outperforming their more traditional peers, according to analysis by Trucost and RLP Capital.

• Suez Environnement launches water and waste management fund

  02 December 2010

  French water and waste management firm Suez Environnement has launched Blue Orange, a venture capital fund to invest in environmental technologies.

• US lags as China pulls ahead in renewables

  02 December 2010

  China has increased its lead on the US as a destination for renewables investment, as policy uncertainty and the lasting effects of recession drag the US further behind, consultancy Ernst & Young says.

• Commission cracks down on carbon credits

  25 November 2010

  The European Commission is proposing to ban the use in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme of credits from controversial Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) projects that destroy HFC23, and N2O from adipic acid production.