BOSTON (March 21, 2011) – In response to shareholder requests, three leading electric utilities, Dominion, Southern and PPL, have agreed to significantly expand reporting and disclosure on water availability risks and plans for mitigating those risks.
Global Carbon Credits Die as Smart Money Sees Profits Trading India’s RECs
Vibhav Nuwal was once an enthusiastic supporter of the global carbon market. The 32-year- old Indian-born banker started in September 2009 developing carbon credits to target investors in Europe and Japan for Mumbai-based private-equity fund Managing Emissions. Less than a year later, he quit his job, convinced that the United …
Effort to Curb Oil Profiteering Gains Steam
*WASHINGTON, D.C.* – A move to corral speculators who’re feverishly trading oil contracts and driving up the price of gas at the pump picked up steam today as a baker’s dozen of U.S. senators joined together to press regulators for an immediate crackdown. Read more…
Today’s Study: Snafus, Nimbys, Bananas & New Energy
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Today At Newenergynews, 3-21: * Today’s Study: Snafus, Nimbys, Bananas & New Energy * Quick News, 3-21: Japanese Food, Water Radiates; The Pv Materials Markets; Uk Study Clears Wind Again; Counting Telecom Emissions Sunday World, 3-20: * Japanese Wind Farms Still …
Deal round-up: Billionaires’ bucks trickle into cleantech
DEAL NEWS Deal round-up: Billionaires’ bucks trickle into cleantech NF Energy Saving secures $468m energy control contract Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund, FEMSA buy Mexican wind project Hydrogen developer ITM wins market analysis contract Click here to read the newsletter
Mercer ramps up responsible investment push with senior ESG hires
RI News Flash: › Mercer ramps up responsible investment push with senior ESG hires Click here to read the newsletter
Common Sense on Energy Investments, from Natural Logic
March 2011 Dear Hazel, With all the turmoil and uncertainty in the world these days, you’ll need a clear eye and a steady hand to chart your course, read the signs, and make it go. In this and succeeding newsletters (and my blog and tweetstream), I’ll be sharing some thoughts …
GreenBiz Newsletter: Taking Care of Business
By Joel Makower It seems much longer, but it’s only been a decade since the notion of clean technology came into public consciousness. At the time, in 2001, in the wake of the dot-com bust, a small group of us had a vision of the next great wave of innovation …
American Sustainable Business Council: March 2011 Newsletter
ASBC Newsletter: March 2011 Dear Friends, As businesspeople, we find the current situation in Wisconsin and around the country deeply troubling. The argument that budget deficits can or should be reduced by eliminating collective bargaining is misguided, unsustainable, and the wrong approach to solving deeper, more systemic economic issues. Nor …
A report from Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Commonsense, Environment America and Public Citizen
The Green Scissors 2010 report is a guide for lawmakers to make environmental and fiscal responsibility a priority in Washington by eliminating subsidies and programs that both harm the environment and waste taxpayer dollars. This report targets four major areas as places for prime cuts: Energy, Infrastructure, Agriculture and Biofuels, …