Investment

Electric car firm announces plan for $100m IPO as it looks to throw everything behind Model S development

New facility to process 20,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste each year

PwC report predicts burgeoning clean tech industries will be increasingly targeted by fraudsters

Lisa Ashford at EcoSecurities argues that the failure to deliver a robust deal in Copenhagen should spur businesses on to take greater voluntary action to curb emissions

Point Carbon predicts CDM market will suffer as a result of weak Copenhagen deal, but slowdown will be offset by burgeoning ETS activity

Voluntary scheme to offer bonuses to staff who cut their carbon emissions

Report finds that financial institutions are reducing their carbon footprint, but are still not adequately factoring the environment into investment decisions

Factory to build wind turbine towers, creating 240 jobs

New interpretive guidance increases pressure on companies to include assessment of climate-related risks and opportunities in annual reports

Recovery Act credited with driving 39 per cent expansion in US wind energy capacity