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- Private equity firms ploughing billions into fossil fuels, analysis reveals Wed, 2 Oct 24, 2:39amUS public sector workers’ retirement savings invested in projects that pump out a billion tonnes of emissions a year
- Cumbria coalmine is owned by private equity firm with Caymans base Fri, 9 Dec 22, 3:20amWest Cumbria Mining, which set up Whitehaven office during push for new mine, owned by EMR Capital
- Private equity’s dirty dozen: the 12 US firms funding dirty energy projects Tue, 15 Feb 22, 9:00pmA report, shared exclusively with the Guardian, provides a snapshot of industry’s involvement in some of the country’s most controversial fossil fuel investments
- ‘Biggest oil barons’: the US private equity firms funding dirty energy projects Tue, 15 Feb 22, 9:00pmA report, shared exclusively with the Guardian, provides a snapshot of industry’s involvement in some of the country’s most controversial fossil fuel investments
- Banks are still financing fossil fuels - while signing up to net zero pledges | Mariana Mazzucato Fri, 5 Nov 21, 1:15amThe financial sector is helping to drive the climate crisis. Radical government action is needed to overhaul the system
- The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s oily politics: not-so-slick green policies | Editorial Mon, 16 Aug 21, 2:15amHow can Britain can persuade other countries to ditch fossil fuels when it won’t do so itself?
- What the growing federal focus on ESG means for private markets Thu, 15 Jul 21, 3:19amAs regulations around ESG change, private players might not have to comply, but they should adapt to position themselves to effectively operate in a new regulatory environment.
- Holy Grail raises $2.7M seed fund to create modular carbon capture devices Wed, 23 Jun 21, 8:42amThe founders of Holy Grail, a two-year-old startup based in Mountain View, California, are taking a micro approach to solving the outsized problem of capturing carbon...
- Announcing the agenda for Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals presented by TechCrunch Wed, 23 Jun 21, 5:45amHere at TechCrunch, we’re big fans of startup competitions. From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of ’em. So we’re...
- Planning 500,000 charging points for EVs by 2025, Shell becomes the latest company swept up in EV charging boom Fri, 12 Feb 21, 2:49amShell’s plan to roll out 500,000 electric charging stations in just four years is the latest sign of an EV charging infrastructure boom that has prompted investors to pour cash into the industry and inspired a few companies...
- SPACs are the construct VCs need to fund clean tech Fri, 29 Jan 21, 5:14amSPACs are going to be the tool needed to bring clean tech up to par with sectors such as healthcare. It’s a development that will benefit all of us.
- Fintech and cleantech… an odd couple or a perfect marriage? Fri, 31 May 19, 2:04amThe Valley’s rocky history with cleantech investing has been well-documented. Startups focused on non-emitting-generation resources were once lauded as the next big cash cow, but the sector’s hype quickly got away from...
- Fintech and clean tech? An odd couple or a perfect marriage? Fri, 31 May 19, 2:04amThe Valley’s rocky history with clean tech investing has been well-documented. Startups focused on non-emitting generation resources were once lauded as the next big cash cow, but the sector’s hype quickly got away from...
- VCs have growing appetite for ‘AgriFood’ Fri, 8 Mar 19, 5:18amVenture investors are pouring billions of dollars into feeding their hunger for food and agriculture startups. Whether that trend line is due to enthusiasm for the sector or just broader heavy investing in the VC space is...
- Green Investment Bank sell-off raises several red flags Thu, 25 Jun 15, 9:05amTaking the government’s own low-carbon lender out of the state sector is only likely to make it more risk-averse and less effective