News

• US clean energy prospects murky after Republican victory

  04 November 2010

  A 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.

• US wind industry at three-year low

  04 November 2010

  The US wind energy industry had its slowest quarter since 2007, leading to calls for renewables policies to be strengthened.

• Maersk to measure emissions from shipping containers

  04 November 2010

  Danish 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.

• Financing questions cloud Nagoya biodiversity deal

  04 November 2010

  Governments and environmental groups have hailed new global biodiversity protection targets as "historic" and a "breakthrough", but difficult questions on financing have been postponed, and efforts to develop innovative financial tools have been blocked by a clique of developing countries.

• UNEP mulling 'Equator Principles' for natural capital

  03 November 2010

  The UN Environmental Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has begun consultations on a 'Natural Capital Statement' for financial institutions, potentially modelled on the successful Equator Principles.

• Van Eck launches rare earths ETF

  02 November 2010

  Money manager Van Eck Global has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering investors exposure to a possible bull-run in the value of 'rare earth' metals.

• Asset owners' climate disclosure is 'challenging'

  28 October 2010

  The director of a new initiative to encourage asset owners to report how they are managing climate risks acknowledges that it faces "challenges" in driving disclosure.

• Wind industry loses puff?

  28 October 2010

  Fewer wind turbines will be installed this year, in a delayed reaction to the collapse in investment caused by the financial crisis.

• German insurers set to profit from renewables growth

  28 October 2010

  As Germany switches increasingly from fossil fuels to renewable power, the country's insurance sector will see a 240% rise in policy premiums for solar, wind and other renewables over the next decade, according to reinsurance giant Munich Re.

• Hot year ahead for US geothermal

  28 October 2010

  The US geothermal power sector is poised for significant growth in 2011, thanks to the economic stimulus package.