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Is It Ethical to Invest in Nuclear Power?
"I wish we had found the courage to speak out earlier against nuclear power. -- Masahito Hirose, an 81-year-old survivor of the bombing of Nagasaki, speaking after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster[1] After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March of last year, the nuclear energy industry took a big hit. By June, the stock price of plant operator TEPCO plunged 91 percent, losing 3.2 trillion yen (USD 40 billion) in market value. Germany and Switzerland both announced plans to phase out nuclear energy.[2] There will be no similar decision made in the United States, where nuclear power supplies almost of a fifth of the nation's energy, ...
All STORIES in Sustainable Finance
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Public-private Partnerships Must Drive Global Green Growth
"If sustainable development is to become a reality, we need to unleash a wave of public-private partnership on a much b...
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American Wind Energy Is Surging, But for How Long?
"It is urgent that Congress extend the Production Tax Credit now, before the end of the first quarter, or risk losing a...
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In the Clean Energy Poker Stakes, Obama Goes All-in
President Obama's "all-in" energy strategy might hasten America's continuing decline in the race to lead the world's...
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Making the Link Between Poverty and Illness: Microfinance Takes on Healthcare in India
"The biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty." -- Kofi Annan[1] A fifth of all childhood deaths wor...
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Foxes in Charge of the Henhouse: The Influence of Big Agribusiness on Food Policy
Understanding the relationship between money, politics and food can cause a loss of appetite There was a time when ver...
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Propping Up the Past: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Should Go the Way of the Dinosaur
Ending subsidies for dirty fuel would make gas more expensive. Maybe that's not a bad thing Eliminating fossil fuel s...
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Dirty Fuel, Dirty Money: Congress Is Awash in Contributions from and Investments in the Fossil Fuel Industry
Capitol Hill is greased by oil money. In the House, Speaker Boehner leads the pack Much to the relief of environmental...
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World's Carbon Concentration Highest in Last 800,000 Years
"For the first time we have made no improvement in our rate of decarbonization. We have in fact increased the carbon in...
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Rio+20 or Bust: Zero Draft of Outcome Document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Released
In June, the world's leaders will meet in Rio to set the global sustainability agenda for the next decade. Boa sorte!...
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Show Wind the Money: Financing Renewable Energy in a Sluggish World Economy
Amidst the financial crisis, many banks are lending less. What does that mean for renewables? As those in the renewabl...
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A Call for Sustainable Energy for All, From Within a Walled City for the Rich
The United Nations' International Year of Sustainability for All will be launched in Abu Dhabi, the site of the zero-c...
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Earth, Inc.: Will Corporate Monopolies Dominate the Green Economy?
Rio+20 may launch the "biggest Earth grab in 500 years," argues new report As we get closer to the United Nations Conf...
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Less Carbon, More Savings: The Relationship Between Renewable Energy and Your Electric Bill
"The next time someone tells you that they would support renewable energy if the costs weren't so high, share these fi...
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Rise of the Green Dragon: China Tops 2012 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index
"It's little surprise that emerging markets fare well in the rankings, considering the economic turbulence in the deve...
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Fiddling While Earth Burns: Hopes for a Climate Deal Dashed in Durban
"Unfortunately what has occurred in Durban is that the major economies have deferred action. The carbon tax modelling c...
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2011 Sustains Greatest Disaster-Related Economic Losses in History
"Nature is stronger than any of our designs. And nature resists our control." -- Michael Pollan, Graduate School of Jou...
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Sustainable Finance: Five Stories to Watch in 2012
"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." --...
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The Call of the Gamelan: Sustainable Investing in Indonesia
The world's 18th-largest economy is poised to be a sustainable development model for developing nations Known as the...
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The Hottest Trend in Microfinance: Village Savings and Loan Associations
"Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), based in the community, are complementary to MFIs, tending to serve the...
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SEC Settlements: Justice Served or Hush Money?
"[T]he S.E.C., of all agencies, has a duty, inherent in its statutory mission, to see that the truth emerges." -- Judge...
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