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The environmentally destructive coal mining practice, for years a target of shareowner activists, faces new regulatory restrictions and limited financing from major banks.
by Robert Kropp
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Deutsche Bank is taking its green investment dollars to China and Western Europe, citing a lack of regulatory certainy in the U.S. following Congress's failure to pass federal climate change legislation.
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The guidance is an important first step towards standardized reporting of climate issues for the benefit of investors, but will likely spur more corporate scrutiny and disclosure of climate and water risks in overseas supply chains.
by Jim Coburn
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It's been a huge success. It hasn't gone anywhere. Actually, it's a little of both -- depending on which state you look at.
by Scott Case
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General Electric and four venture capital partners are offering $200 million to back the best ideas for technology that will speed transformation of the electricity grid into a digital energy network that is smarter, cleaner and more efficient.
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The number of environmentally-focused shareholder resolutions filed with public companies continued growing in the 2010 proxy season as investors sought more disclosure and action on risks related to climate change and energy.
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"Tilted" index ratings aim to help investors identify those firms and sectors facing the lowest and highest climate risks.
by James Murray
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On the heels of President Obama’s Oval Office speech marrying the BP oil spill with American’s fossil fuel dependency, energy cognoscenti gathered in Washington to discuss the state of play on the most near-term, cost-effective step the country can take to cut that dependence -- energy efficiency.
by Annie Snider
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<a target='_blank' href='https://www.pnc.com/webapp/unsec/Homepage.do?siteArea=/pnccorp/PNC/Home/Personal' style=''>PNC</a>, a big regional bank based in Pittsburgh, has become the bank that environmental activists love to hate because of its support for mountaintop removal mining.
by Marc Gunther
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Without a widespread recognition of the carbon embedded in our investment portfolios, it will be difficult if not impossible to reduce emissions at the level needed.
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Climate change and sustainability are among the top issues facing public companies during the spring proxy season, according to As You Sow, a San Francisco-based NGO that has put together its annual guide to help foundations wade through hundreds of social shareholder proposals on the spring proxy agenda.
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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) will also buy about 100 plug-in hybrids in 2011, President Barack Obama said today as part of a broad announcement on his energy security strategy that also includes boosting offshore drilling and finalizing new light-duty vehicle fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards.
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Reversing course from a landmark decision made one year ago, insurance regulators on Sunday backed off plans to require insurers to disclose the risks they face from climate change. Official policy now allows insurers to voluntarily offer the information, which will remain private.
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Most climate and sustainability data reported by some of the world's largest companies suffer from a credibility gap, a new report found, largely because companies fail to have the information verified.
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Recovery Act funding hasn't been squandered, it just hasn't been spent yet. While it's understandable to be disappointed about how long it's taken to get things in gear, there's no reason to overreact and attack the program now that most of the growing pains are behind us.
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San Francisco's GreenFinanceSF Program, already described as the largest retrofit loan program of its kind in the U.S., got a nearly $3 million boost from Recovery Act funds.
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The city of Wilmington and Honeywell have embarked on a sweeping $14.5 million efficiency project that includes two solar arrays, increased water reservoir capacity, a traffic light retrofit and upgraded lighting and HVAC systems for 11 facilities.
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It should be easy to understand which tax codes apply to your firm's renewable energy projects and what the incentive will be. But as with all things related to the tax code, it is not. Here are tips on how to wade through the morass.
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The U.S. Green Building Council released its Top 10 lists of green building legislation in the House and Senate today and honored Rep. Ben Chandler and Sen. Olympia Snowe for supporting energy efficiency and sustainable design in the buildings.
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Banks and other financial institutions could refurbish their tarnished reputations by using their smarts to innovate new financial products that actually help average Americans while addressing some of the nation's greatest challenges: unemployment, economic competitiveness, national security and climate change.
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By most measures, wind energy has been a great business lately, but its supporters need to be honest about costs as well as the benefits, since both are substantial.
by Marc Gunther
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One year ago today, Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Investment Act. Today, he and top administration officials are making the rounds to highlight the plan's success in recasting the economy in a greener light.
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(Episode 103): Senior Writer Marc Gunther sits down with Jeff Horowitz to discuss Avoided Deforestation Partners, a coalition that aims to make it more profitable to preserve forests than to chop them down.
by Marc Gunther
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As the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bond program is poised to begin San Francisco, green building attorney Chris Cheatham recaps efforts to establish the plan in Washington, D.C.
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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.