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Stock traderPrice collapses to €1 as previously surrendered CERs surface on European exchange
18 Mar 2010
Tar sandsProduction from tar sands will rise to 4m barrels a day by 2025  15 Mar 2010
Nuclear power stationUS Department of Energy provides $40m for next-generation nuclear reactor research projects  11 Mar 2010
Number of climate-related resolutions soar as investors praise SEC's new guidance on carbon risks  05 Mar 2010
Credit ratings agency predicts exposure to carbon legislation will soon begin to inform investment decisions and credit worthiness  03 Mar 2010
New VAT rules to be introduced after officials arrest three people in connection with alleged £14m fraud  02 Mar 2010
Annual General Meetings expected to see shareholders vote on proposals designed to challenge controversial tar sand projects  01 Mar 2010
New £5m capital grant scheme designed to kick-start home grown plastic recycling business  01 Mar 2010
Carlsberg, Hitachi and Philips among companies linked with factories that pollute or fail to disclose emissions data  23 Feb 2010
New report warns companies operating in water-intensive industries are providing little or no data on drought risks  12 Feb 2010
As Republicans suggest climate science is wrong because it is snowing in Washington, a group of British peers call on politicians and media to undertake a cool-headed assessment of climate risks  11 Feb 2010
Study claims previous estimates of desertification have failed to account for the growing impact from changing land use  11 Feb 2010
Virgin chief and fellow business leaders call for action  08 Feb 2010
Report predicts warming effects of melting sea ice and rising methane emissions will accelerate climate change impact  08 Feb 2010
Fertile soil eroding faster than it can be replaced  04 Feb 2010
Civil sanctions give regulator more clout for less outlay  03 Feb 2010
Adverts featuring Sean Connery to be referred to French advertising standards agency over claim that Credit Agricole has embraced "green banking"  01 Feb 2010
PwC report predicts burgeoning clean tech industries will be increasingly targeted by fraudsters  01 Feb 2010
We're running out of oil, warns Total boss; no we're not, says Saudi chief exec  29 Jan 2010
New report finds that only a handful of mining firms have plans in place to address climate change, despite the industry being at high risk of disruption from changing climatic conditions  29 Jan 2010
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DroughtBusinessGreen.com casts its eye over the advice that is available to help firms measure their climate risk profile  17 Feb 2010
From Branson's Peak Oil fears to the Lords' Climategate concerns, we run down the top stories from the past seven days  12 Feb 2010
In the face of ever more widespread water shortages and scarcity that already affect more than a billion people worldwide, Marc Gunther argues there is some good news in the form of cost-effective, sustainable solutions to address water needs  26 Nov 2009
Former executive director of Friends of the Earth, Tom Burke, warns that while great progress has been made, many firms are reluctant to accept the extent to which their business models must change to tackle climate change  14 Oct 2009
Climate change and human rights might often be presented as separate CSR issues, but according to Ryan Schuchard and Nicki Weston they increasingly represent two sides of the same coin  25 Jun 2009
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James MurrayBusinesses will never get the absolute certainty they crave when it comes to climate policy, which is why it's time they rolled up their sleeves and got on with the low-carbon revolution  15 Feb 2010
The so-called climategate scandal has reignited opposition to the low-carbon economy, and it is time business leaders fought back  02 Feb 2010
With billions of dollars of potential investment resting on the outcome, it is crucial that Copenhagen finally delivers some clarity for green firms  04 Dec 2009
From Cumbria to Copenhagen, Trewin Restorick casts his eye over a pretty depressing week of climate change news  02 Dec 2009
Writing exclusively for BusinessGreen.com, Tony Grayling, head of climate change and sustainable development at the Environment Agency, argues businesses must act now to address growing climate change risks  19 Jun 2009
Matthew TippetMatthew Tippet of Jones Lang LaSalle offers his advice on how to assess your office's environmental footprint  01 Feb 2010
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