1. Calls for carbon price louden as Australia finds a new government
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Business leaders, investors and NGOs called for the new Labor government to bring forward a price on carbon, which would offer the certainty needed to invest and develop the economy.   Members

2. Carbon management becoming a strategic priority - report
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A report from the Carbon Disclosure Product (CDP) confirms carbon management is moving up the corporate agenda as many companies now understand the need to handle their emissions.   “Carbon man

3. AGL partners with Lend Lease on solar push
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AGL Energy (ASX: AGK) and Lend Lease (ASX: LLC) unit Bovis Lend Lease announced late August a partnership to deliver First Solar’s thin film solar photovoltaic panels to residential households. 

4. AGL partners with Lend Lease on solar push
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AGL Energy (ASX: AGK) and Lend Lease (ASX: LLC) unit Bovis Lend Lease announced late August a partnership to deliver First Solar’s thin film solar photovoltaic to residential households.   AGL’

5. Asian Development Bank issues bond to finance clean energy projects
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it plans to issue its first bond to finance clean energy projects in Asia. The development bank said it would match the amount raised by the bond, which is expect

6. Asian Development Bank issues bond to finance clean energy projects
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it plans to issue its first bond to finance clean energy projects in Asia. The development bank said it would match the amount raised by the bond, which is expect

7. Conference hears call for hydrogen push
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...ale centralised production – and long-distance transmission of hydrogen via pipelines, as proposed in the original hydrogen economy concept.   Andrews is the leader of the renewable-energy hy...

8. Conference hears call for hydrogen push
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...ale centralised production – and long-distance transmission of hydrogen via pipelines, as proposed in the original hydrogen economy concept.   Andrews is the leader of the renewable-energy hy...

9. WA forcibly acquires Aboriginal land for Woodside’s LNG hub
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...d cultural values,” Marshall said.   The region technically belongs to the government, but two Aboriginal tribes have lodged competing native title cases for the land, claiming ancestral righ...

10. AMP Capital appoints Adam Kirkman as new ESG head
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AMP Capital has appointed Adam Kirkman to the new senior role of head of environment, social and governance (ESG).   Kirkman will be responsible for continuing to build on the strong foundation

11. Labor, Coalition vie for low carbon credibility
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Both Labor and the Coalition squared up to each other on energy efficiency and policies to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions ahead of the 21 August election. Through its Low Carbon Communities progr

12. WA broadcaster WAG Ltd buys biochar company
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WA broadcaster WAG Ltd (ASX: WAG) said it has signed an exclusive option agreement, which can be exercised at any time up to  10 November, to buy privately held biochar developer PacPyro for $3.7

13. WA broadcaster WAG Ltd buys biochar company
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WA broadcaster WAG Ltd (ASX: WAG) said it has signed an exclusive option agreement, which can be exercised at any time up to 10 November, to buy privately held biochar developer PacPyro for $3.75

14. China acts on emissions reductions in void of global agreement
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Driven by their energy security concerns and a desire to maintain economic competitiveness, China is taking rapid action to reduce emissions, said Robert Hansor of Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

15. China acts on emissions reductions in void of global agreement
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Driven by their energy security concerns and a desire to maintain economic competitiveness, China is taking rapid action to reduce emissions, said Robert Hansor of Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

16. CBD Energy wins Thai solar contract; reports positive results
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CBD Energy’s (ASX: CBD) eco-Kinetics unit has won a $300 million contract to build a solar power plant in Thailand’s Chonburi province near the eastern seaboard. The company also announced profit

17. CBD Energy wins solar power plant contract in Thailand
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CBD Energy’s (ASX: CBD) eco-Kinetics unit has won a $300 million contract to build a solar power plant in Thailand’s Chonburi province near the eastern seaboard.   The size of the installation,

18. Renewables to get $40m government boost
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New emerging renewable energy technologies such as wave and geothermal will receive support under a plan announced by federal energy minister Martin Ferguson ahead of the election.   The $

19. Renewables to get $40m government boost
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New emerging renewable energy technologies such as wave and geothermal will receive support under a plan announced by federal energy minister Martin Ferguson ahead of the election.   The $

20. Richard Hames: It’s time for some new energy
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Australia must take substantial action on climate change or risk falling behind China, says Richard Hames.There isn’t much Richard Hames hasn’t achieved in his distinguished career: Doctor, conductor,

21. India’s first micro-lender IPO eyes $304m
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...r ethical argument revolves around the right of an MFI owner to generate private profits when neither the original idea nor the initial finance belongs to them. Such is the case with SKS, critics main...

22. Fitting the green building blocks together
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It's not all plain sailing in the push for sustainability in Australia's building sector, Ethical Investor learns at the recent Optimising Sustainability Performance forum.Australia faces many sustain

23. Mandatory energy efficiency disclosure offers investment opportunities
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Owners and occupants will be able to identify if the cost of efficient buildings is preferable to those of similar, but less energy efficient, sites.There is much talk at present about the mandatory d

24. Generation Y demands proactive super
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Australians are crying out for a new super product, one that meets the values and aspirations of those looking for a better world.Australian superannuation funds are not currently providing the type o

25. Strategy shift set to swell revenue
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AnaeCo ovrehauls its business model and prepares for growth here and offshore.As well as boosting its economic value, successful trialling of its patented DiCOM solid waste processing bioconversion te

26. Grassroots unite against greenhouse gases
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Community-based renewable energy sources matched to local demand creates many additional benefits, Ethical Investor learns at the north Coast Energy Forum.Communities across Australia are starting to

27. Harnessing all that energy
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Silex Systems eyes the solar market but it's been shut out of a key government program and some query its strategy. CEO Michael GoldsworthySilex Systems pioneered

28. More power to the energy savers
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Our investment thinking on sustainable buildings needs to be scaled up to solve the energy problem. Part of the decision for building owners and developers to opt for more sustainable choices is about

29. Doing the REIT thing
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Australian real estate investment trusts are known for their sustainability performance across the world. But it is only recently that work has been initiated to guage the economic benefits.Austral

30. Future-proofing your investment
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ClimateWorks found that three-quarters of the emissions reduction opportunities identified are profitable for investors even without  a carbon price. Each year just 2 per cent of Australia’s buil

31. AGL wins NSW sustainability awards
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AGL Energy (ASX: AGK) has been awarded two Green Globe Awards at the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change Annual Green Globe Awards.   The energy retailer won the Business Sustainab

32. Australia’s electricity generation getting greener
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Australia’s electricity generators emitted less greenhouse gases in 2009 compared with a year earlier despite a continued reliance on coal-fired power stations and an increase in the use of some of th

33. UPDATE: Lend Lease launches solar business
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...rs in the project, but says announcements are likely to be made over the next couple of weeks.   Origin (ASX: ORG) currently provides its own solar PV solutions.   Carolan says Lend ...

34. UPDATE: Lend Lease launches solar business
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...rs in the project, but says announcements are likely to be made over the next couple of weeks.   Origin (ASX: ORG) currently provides its own solar PV solutions.   Carolan says Lend ...

35. Lend Lease launches solar business
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Lend Lease is seeking to tap into growing demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) power, launching a new business unit to supply PV across its commercial and residential operations. Lend Lease Solar w

36. Greens call for government funding boost to renewable energy
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The Australian Greens proposed Monday a set of funding measures to kick-start the renewable energy sector, including a proposed $5 billion of loan guarantees to support new power generation. Loa

37. Greens call for government funding boost to renewable energy
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The Australian Greens proposed Monday a set of funding measures to kick-start the renewable energy sector, including a proposed $5 billion of loan guarantees to support new power generation. Loan g

38. Global Q2 clean energy investment down 3.0 per cent yr-on-yr – report
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New investment in clean energy technologies, companies, and projects was 3.0 per cent lower than a year earlier at US$33.9 billion, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. The quarterly total represented j

39. Global Q2 clean energy investment down 3.0 per cent yr-on-yr – report
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New investment in clean energy technologies, companies, and projects was 3.0 per cent lower than a year earlier at US$33.9 billion, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. The quarterly total represented j

40. CBD completes one of Australia’s biggest solar commercial property projects
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CBD Energy (ASX:CBD) subsidiary eco-Kinetics has completed one of the biggest solar panel projects on an Australian commercial property by installing its equipment on a Local Government Super building

41. CBD completes one of Australia’s biggest solar commercial property projects
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CBD Energy (ASX:CBD) subsidiary eco-Kinetics has completed one of the biggest solar panel projects on an Australian commercial property by installing its equipment on a Local Government Super building

42. UPDATE: Environmentalists at odds with Ichthys gas field environmental assessment
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A draft environmental impact statement produced by Inpex Browse, the company behind one of Australia’s biggest resource projects – the Ichthys gas field – shows that the Kimberley coast, Browse Island

43. Federal government puts Queensland CSG approvals on hold
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Concern over the risk that the coal seam gas to LNG industry proposed in Queensland poses to groundwater supplies and biodiversity have caused the federal government to delay its decision on the proje

44. Beyond Zero Emissions' plan to cut emissions wins endorsements
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An ambitious plan to source Australia’s entire energy needs from renewable sources with existing commercialised technologies has won endorsement by senior scientists, former senior company directors a

45. Beyond Zero Emissions' plan to cut greenhouse gases wins endorsements
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An ambitious plan to source Australia’s entire energy needs from renewable sources with existing commercialised technologies has won broad endorsement.   The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 report l

46. Renewable new global electricity generation surpasses conventional sources - UNEP
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Renewable power accounted for more new electricity generation than fossil fuels and nuclear in the US and Europe for a second year in 2009, the United Nations Environment Program said.   Clean

47. Renewable new global electricity generation surpasses conventional sources - UNEP
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Renewable power accounted for more new electricity generation than fossil fuels and nuclear in the US and Europe for a second year in 2009, the United Nations Environment Program said.   Clean

48. Geodynamics shares rise as government funding flows, floodwaters recede
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...MW) plant.   A 25-MW plant at the Cooper Basin site would allow Geodynamics and project partner, Origin Energy, to secure debt financing for a rollout of plants to generate 500MW in zero-emis...

49. Geodynamics shares rise as government funding flows, floodwaters recede
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...MW) plant.   A 25-MW plant at the Cooper Basin site would allow Geodynamics and project partner, Origin Energy, to secure debt financing for a rollout of plants to generate 500MW in zero-emis...

50. NAB provides discounted green loans for Brisbane City Council’s green energy program
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...ising under government and business regulations concerning the environment.   Sean Lucy, head of Origination in EFS team, said that this deal will help reduce Brisbane’s carbon footprint. &...