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OPIC to Mobilize $1 Billion to Assist Developing Nations in Combating Climate Change
Agency to open a call for proposals from private equity fund managers; announcement made at UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun
Elizabeth Littlefield, President and CEO of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), announced today that OPIC will provide at least $300 million in financing for new private equity investment funds that could ultimately invest more than $1 billion in renewable resources projects in emerging markets. The announcement was made at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
OPIC`s mobilization of these funds represents one of the largest ... |
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US Labor Department`s OSHA extends comment period to March 21, 2011, announces stakeholder meeting on noise control interpretation
The U.S. Department of Labor`s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it is extending by 90 days the official comment period on the proposed interpretation titled "Interpretation of OSHA`s Provisions for Feasible Administrative or Engineering Controls of Occupational Noise," which was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 19. Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments by March 21, 2011.
The agency also announced that it will hold a stakeholder meeting before the end of the comment period to listen to the concerns of businesses and workers about ... |
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- Predictions for cleantech in 2011
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- EPA issues next step for state greenhouse gas permitting programs (HQ)
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- Africa weighs options as Japan prepares to rescind Kyoto Protocol
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- Vital graphics report paints picture of climate change challenges – and solutions – in Latin America and the Caribbean
The climate change challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean have been laid out in graphic detail in a new publication by the United Nations Environment ...
- The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2010-11
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- European Parliament Approves RoHS Recast
On November, the European Parliament (EP) overwhelmingly approved the proposed recast of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, which ...
- EPA requests Texas issue clean water act permits
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) take the necessary steps to reissue Clean ...
- USDA Funds Conservation Projects for Water Quality Improvements in the Mississippi River Basin
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will fund existing conservation projects in 41 eligible watersheds ...
- Stay or Go: Water Treatment Firms Ignore China’s Market at their Peril
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- Coal tar sealant largest source of PAHs in lakes
Coal-tar-based pavement sealant is the largest source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) found in 40 urban lakes studied by the US Geological ...
- Renewable Energy Storage
Your one-stop ticket to learn from and network with senior decision-makers, policy-makers, strategizing planning and execution of future, critical renewable ...
- Time Ripe to Move Energy Storage Idea Off Drawing Board
Feds Fund CWRU Researcher`s Capacitor Design. Need has caught up with Gerhard Welsch`s ideas.
Welsch, a professor of materials science and engineering ...
- Good Energies Completes Follow-On Investment in SAGE Electrochromics
Enables construction of large scale manufacturing plant for Electrochromic Glass
Good Energies, a leading global investor in renewable energy and ...
- New rules on illegal timber come into force across EU
New rules to prevent illegal timber being sold on the European market have come into force across the EU. The legislation will strengthen efforts to halt ...
- UK should commit to a 60% cut in emissions by 2030 as a contribution to global efforts to combat climate change
The Committee on Climate Change today recommended a carbon budget for 2023-27 and a target for emissions reductions in 2030 – halfway between now ...
- Global Clean Power Sector Could Attract $2.3 Trillion by 2020
Surging Growth in China and India Dramatically Shifts Investment to Asia
Private investments in G-20 clean power projects could total $2.3 ...
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