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Mercer Plans Steam Turbine for German Plant
Pulp company Mercer International Inc. has announced a project to increase production and efficiency through initiatives including the installation of an additional 40 MW steam turbine at its mill in...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FY 2013 Budget, ITC Wind Tower Decision, PVC...
President Obama has proposed his FY 2013 budget, whose measures include the cancellation of $4 billion a year in oil and gas tax breaks and an extension for the Section 1603 tax credit, which covers up...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: All-of-the-Above Energy, Calif. Safer Consumer...
At the University of Miami, President Obama gave his first remarks on rising gasoline prices, saying that the U.S. is producing more oil now than at any time during the last eight years. But Obama said...
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Is Wall Street Beginning to ‘Get’ Sustainability?
Many of us in the sustainability profession look at the voluminous sustainability and CSR reports produced by public companies and wonder who reads them. In particular, we wonder if the analysts on...
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Climate-Themed Bond Market Hits $174 Billion
The climate-themed bond market is much broader and deeper than previously thought, with $174 billion worth of bonds outstanding, according to a report commissioned by the HSBC Climate Change Center of...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chinese Wind Towers, Calif. Building Code,...
Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. Wind energy towers produced in and exported from China...
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Rethinking the Role of Government in Cleantech, Part I
This is part I of a two-part series. Part II will run tomorrow. Another year, another wringing of the hands over tax credits and incentives for clean technology. Lobbyists and vendors in the U.S. are...
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Rethinking the Role of Government in Cleantech, Part II
Yesterday I began a discussion on the role of government in cleantech. Today, the discussion continues below. Drawbacks of incentives How could government grants, loans, tax credits and other subsidies...
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Environmental Investing Down at Universities, Study Finds
Only eight colleges and universities reported using sustainability investing in 2011, while 5 percent of the full sample, or 41 schools, used “environmental criteria” but didn’t provide specifics,...
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Fund Managers, Investors Increasingly Focus on Environmental, Social and...
Many of the most recognized names in the private equity industry are currently leveraging environmental, social, and governance (ESG) tools to create financial value for their investment funds. Looking...
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Boeing, American Airlines’ Protoype Plane Finds 2% Potential Fuel Savings
Fuel-efficient technologies tested on Boeing and American Airlines’ ecoDemonstrator airplane can cut fuel consumption by 2 percent, Boeing has told Environmental Leader. Technologies on the...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Wind Farm Bird Strikes, UK Green Investment...
Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes nine items. A coalition of eight conservation organizations has...
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California Cities Dominate Clean Tech Metro Index
Six of the top seven metro regions leading on a combined index evaluating green buildings, advanced transportation, clean electricity and other sustainability factors are on the west coast. In Clean...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BLM Opposes Shale Dev, US Carbon Tax, Calif....
Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes nine items. The Interior Department issued a final plan to close...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone Rally, Monsanto in Supreme Court, NYC...
Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes nine items. Thousands of protesters gathered on the National Mall...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: McCarthy Grilling, ConocoPhillips, Carbon Markets
Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 12 items. The Senate confirmed REI chief executive Sally Jewell...
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Nike, NASA Launch Sustainable Materials Challenge
Nike, along with partners NASA, the US Agency for International Development and the US Department of State, have challenged materials manufacturers and others to create new, sustainable materials....
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Patagonia Commits ‘$20 Million & Change’ in Venture Funding
Patagonia yesterday launched an internal fund to invest in environmentally responsible startups focused on clothing, food, water, energy and waste. In a May 6 letter announcing the in-house venture...
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GE, BASF, Others Receive $36M DOE Funding for EV Energy Storage
General Electric and BASF are among the 22 organizations to receive a total of $36 million from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop electric vehicle...
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DOE Awards $45m to Ford, GM, GE, 35 Others
Ford, General Motors, General Electric and the Ohio State University are among the 38 companies, universities and national labs to receive more than $45 million in Energy Department funding for...
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