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Ontario to Issue Canada’s First Green Bonds
Ontario is about to become the first Canadian government to issue green bonds, with a $500 million offering expected to be released in the ... -
Low-Carbon Transition Could Free Up Trillions of Investment Dollars
The low-carbon transition could make trillions of dollars available other purposes over the next 20 years, according to two background papers produced for the ... -
Australian Pension Fund Drops Coal, Declares Climate a ‘Very Real Investment Risk’
Citing competitive pressures in the coal industry, pollution concerns in China, and tougher carbon and energy standards, a major Australian pension fund has declared ... -
BioenergyClimate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesGeothermalRenewable EnergySolarWind
Renewables Trump Fossil Fuels on Price; Energy Efficiency Trumps All
Unsubsidized renewable energy sources are increasingly cost-competitive with fossil fuels and nuclear, according to an updated analysis released in late September by Lazard, a ... -
Developers May Be Set to Abandon British Columbia’s LNG Boom
With British Columbia about to release tax legislation and emissions regulations for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, some of the companies at the ... -
Green Bond Market Set to Grow 20-Fold in Two Years
The market for green bonds has increased ten-fold, from $2 billion to $20 billion, since 2012, and the non-profit Climate Bond Initiative expects total ... -
Rockefeller Fund Begins Divesting Fossil Fuel Assets
The $900-million Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced Monday that it will begin divesting its fossil fuel assets, 140 years after John D. Rockefeller Sr. began ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternationalJurisdictionsPost-Carbon Transition
Institutional Investors Demand Consistent, Dependable Carbon Pricing Regime
With more than $24 trillion in combined assets, a group of 340 global institutional investors has issued the largest-ever call for a consistent, dependable ... -
Climate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesInternationalJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable Energy
Global Companies Set Sights on 100% Renewable Power
More than a dozen of the world’s largest businesses are committing to switch to 100% renewable power as early as 2020, and the RE100 ... -
Divestment Distracts from ‘Critical Actions’ on Climate, U.S. College President Contends
Fossil fuel divestment is a distraction from the “critical actions” that are needed to drastically reduce carbon pollution, Pomona College President David Oxtoby argues ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalFinance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Enviros Ask Charities to Divest Fossil Fuels, ‘Trigger a Survival Reflex in Society’
A group of 160 award-winning environmental organizations from 46 countries will approach individual charitable foundations and philanthropists to divest from fossil fuel companies, invest ... -
Economic Growth, Climate Action Can Be Achieved Together, Global Commission Says
With the simultaneous release of a major report in New York, Oslo, and Addis Ababa September 16, the Global Commission on the Economy and ... -
China’s Clean Energy Industries ‘May Struggle to Meet Obligations’
With overcapacity weighing down earnings and $4.6 billion in bond repayments on the near horizon, Bloomberg reports that China’s clean energy strategy is going ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasOpinion & Analysis
Canadian Energy Strategy Must Cut Carbon, Support Cleantech Jobs and Growth
Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers have some choices to make as they flesh out the details of the Canadian Energy Strategy they announced last ... -
Climate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergyUnited States
NRG’s David Crane: With Corporate America Leading the Charge, Time for Consumers to Embrace Clean Energy
"People can effect change by embracing clean energy solutions that will bring about a clean energy society," says NRG Energy CEO David Crane.
