LOHAS Asia Forum 2012 Set to Land in Singapore

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Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, one of Asia’s fastest-growing market segments, will bring consumers and businesses together at a three-day event. SINGAPORE – LOHAS Asia, an organisation dedicated to lifestyles of health and sustainability, will host an exciting three-day networking and marketing forum in Singapore from 28 February to 1 …

Jigar Shah’s Letter to Gordon Brinser of SolarWorld

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  Jigar Shah’s Letter to Gordon Brinser of SolarWorld We’ve asked Gordon Brinser of SolarWorld to respond.       Massive Trophy Renewables Project for NYC Tech Campus Cornell wins, Stanford drops out, an anonymous gift, a VC fund, and a NYC campus goes with solar, geothermal, and fuel cells. …

Trust Across America Names America’s Most Trustworthy Companies for 2011

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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Dec 19, 2011) – Trust Across America™, a think tank dedicated to unraveling the complexities of trustworthy business behavior, today announced the results of its second annual study of almost 2500 public companies, naming Smithfield Foods as the Most Trustworthy Public Company for 2011. Barbara Kimmel, …

Discover who’s speaking at Environmental Bonds 2012

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For Environmental Bonds 2012 we’ve recruited a panel of expert speakers – including top-level investment specialists.  Why not join them in London on 15 February to review the growing interest in the green bonds market, from both the public and private sector, and to assess its potential to attract billions …

Natural Power wins engineering contract for Scottish wind farm

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NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter Natural Power wins engineering contract for Scottish wind farm UK waste management company Sterecycle raises £5.1m KKR teams with Google, Recurrent Energy for first US cleantech venture Abengoa secures $200m credit line Fuel cell developer CellEra secures Vodafone investment Kraft contracts NRG to deliver world’s …

Caterpillar Foundation Awards Major Support to WRI for Sustainable Cities Initiative

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Caterpillar Foundation’s 5-year pledge of US$12.5 million will focus on key urban centers in China, India and Brazil. WRI intends to develop low-carbon city models and pathways for environmentally sustainable urbanization (ESU), and to promote the diffusion of environmentally smart and livable cities. WRI will partner with up to five …

6th Annual Latin American Energy and Infrastructure Finance Forum

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February 28th and 29th Biltmore Hotel at Coral Gables, Miami The event will offer you a unique opportunity to discuss the important challenges and opportunities facing both energy and infrastructure finance, which include: ·         How levels of liquidity have affected deal structures? ·         The increasing use of concessionary models for …

Plug-In Cars Next Year

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NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ TODAY AT NewEnergyNews, December 20: * TODAY’S STUDY: PLUG-IN CARS NEXT YEAR * QUICK NEWS, December 20: FACEBOOK MOVE BY GREENPEACE UNFRIENDS COAL; HAWAII UTILITYBUYS WIND; EASTERN UTILITY BUYS WESTERN SUN YESTERDAY * THE STUDY: SUN RIGHT NOW * QUICK NEWS, December 19: THE EU’S NEW ENERGY PLANS; OCEAN WIND BLDR …

Watershed Capital Group Announces $11.7M in First Close of Cascade Sierra Income Fund

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Watershed Capital Group is pleased to announce that Cascade Sierra Solutions (“Cascade”) completed an initial close of its Cascade Sierra Income Fund, L.P. The financing allows Cascade to continue to finance the replacement and upgrade of polluting, inefficient trucks with clean, fuel-efficient vehicles that reduce pollution by up to 85%, …