Environment
Solar Prospectors Chase `Gold Mine' Deals in Chinese, Israeli Subsidies Olivier de Vergnies quit managing
family fortunes at Dexia Private Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. in 2008
to run a New York start-up at 100 Wall St. that’s trying to tap
riches in solar energy.
Americans Are Less Concerned About Climate Than in 2008, Gallup Poll Shows Americans are less concerned about
the threat of climate change than they were two years ago and
almost half say the seriousness of global warming is overblown,
a Gallup Organization Inc. poll shows.
Japan Cap-and-Trade Bill Wins Backing From Cabinet, Heads for Parliament Japan’s Cabinet has endorsed a
climate-protection draft law today that would cap industrial
emissions for the first time and thrust the second-biggest
economy into the $125 billion market for trading carbon credits.
Obama Trade Goal Fights His Clean-Energy Plan at U.S. Export-Import Bank President Barack Obama’s goals of
boosting U.S. exports and combating climate change are colliding
as the U.S. Export-Import Bank expands financing for oil, gas,
mining and power-plant projects.
U.S. Climate Action Delay Gives More Time for Carbon Capture, AEP Says A delay in U.S. climate legislation
will give utilities time to develop systems to burn coal with
fewer carbon-dioxide emissions, said Mike Morris, chief
executive officer of American Electric Power Co., the biggest
U.S. producer of electricity from coal.
China Idles 40% of Wind Turbine Production Plants, Shanghai Electric Says China is idling as much as 40
percent of its wind-turbine factories following a surge in
investment driven by the government’s renewable-energy goals,
the vice president of Shanghai Electric Group Corp. said.
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