Finance & Investment
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CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Oil for Keystone Pipeline ‘Obsolete Before It Can Be Extracted’
In a sharp-edged review of energy and pipeline economics, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) Chief Scientist Amory Lovins says low oil prices and the plummeting ... -
BioenergyCanadaChinaClimate & SocietyEuropeFinance & InvestmentIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergyUnited States
Clean Energy Investment Grew 16% in 2014: Bloomberg
Global clean energy investment grew 16% to $310 billion in 2014, according to annual data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, falling just short of ... -
SunEdison Announces Gigawatt-Scale Installations, Manufacturing in India
Global solar company SunEdison has announced plans to develop five gigawatts of renewable energy in India by 2020 and build a $4-billion, 7.5-gigawatt-per-year solar ... -
Climate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
‘Infrastructure is Destiny’ as U.S. Plans New Pipelines, Power Plants
New energy infrastructure in the United States and elsewhere could lock in higher levels of carbon pollution for decades, just as nearly 200 countries ... -
BP Faces Investment Risk in Russia as Ruble Crashes, Sanctions Bite
With $16 billion in investments in Russia, BP is in a precarious position as the ruble crashes due to falling oil prices and international ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaClimate & SocietyCoalFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Most Tar Sands/Oil Sands, All Arctic Oil and Gas Declared Unburnable
More than 80% of the world’s coal reserves, half of the gas, one-third of the oil, all Arctic oil and gas, and most Canadian ... -
Canadian Pension Funds Join $2 Billion Cleantech Portfolio
Two of Canada’s leading pension funds are taking an ownership stake in a $2 billion portfolio of solar, wind, and water infrastructure projects spanning ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
U.S. Grid Needs $2.1 Trillion in Investment Through 2035: IEA
The United States will need $2.1 trillion in electricity grid investment over the next 20 years to meet its carbon reduction and energy independence ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Goldman Sachs Lists $930 Billion in Unprofitable Oil and Gas Projects
With benchmark Brent crude priced at US$70 per barrel in mid-December, investment bankers Goldman Sachs identified $930 billion in Arctic oil, deepwater drilling, and ... -
BuildingsCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable Energy
Toronto Arts Centre Completes Energy Retrofits with Crowd Financing
An energy retrofit at the Harbourfront Centre (HFC), a downtown Toronto arts and culture centre, will be the first in Canada to be completed ... -
Sustainable Firms Perform Better Financially, UK Metastudy Finds
Strong sustainability performance is a reliable benchmark of a company’s financial viability, according to an in-depth literature survey published in September by asset manager ... -
China Pledges $80 Million for ‘South-South’ Climate Aid
China announced about $80 million over three years in new funding for international climate aid during the UN climate conference in Lima earlier this ... -
BuildingsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States
Green Leasing Program Could Unlock Building Energy Savings
A new partnership between the Institute for Market Transformation and the Council of Smaller Enterprises could unlock green leases as a source of energy ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Economist Rubin Abandons TSX for ‘Less Oily’ U.S. Investments
Renowned Canadian energy economist Jeff Rubin is dropping his investments in the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), concluding that rapid tar sands/oil sands growth “just ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalFinance & InvestmentInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
Figueres, Developing Countries Call for Emissions Phase-Out
Momentum at the UN climate talks in Lima, Peru is shifting strongly in favour of a low-carbon transition, with negotiators and civil society representatives ...
