As the number of “green finance” transactions is increasing internationally, it is clear that both private companies and government entities are becoming “green borrowers”.
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Green Finance: Legal Frameworks And International Practice
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By Monica Hwang, Richard Nelson | King & Spalding
As low oil prices dragged on for another year, LNG sellers and developers continued to face hurdles in 2016.
Despite pressure from OPEC to cap its oil production, the Iraqi government can neither afford a production cut nor enforce it upon the Kurdistan Regional Government. Under tremendous fiscal pressure, OPEC members may cut a deal in Vienna this week that would cap oil production in order to raise global prices. The deal is being… Keep reading →
Energy News Roundup: LA Gas Leak Plugged, Duke Energy Deal Incites Protests & Recycling Commodity Crash
By Conor O'Sullivan
A blowout at a natural gas well that gushed uncontrollably for 16 weeks and drove thousands of residents from their Los Angeles homes was plugged on Thursday, a utility said. [The Guardian] Environmentalists are challenging in court a surprise deal in which North Carolina regulators settle decades of suspected groundwater pollution at Duke Energy’s coal… Keep reading →
Energy News Roundup: Wells Fargo Analyst Backs Energy, New Solar Research Breakthrough & Total Fined
By Conor O'Sullivan
John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management has stated his confidence in energy investment growth for 2016. [CNBC] MIT researchers have developed a simple procedure for making a promising type of solar cell using lead recovered from discarded lead-acid car batteries. [MIT News] The French oil and gas multinational Total has been… Keep reading →
Energy News Roundup: Corporations Commit At Climate Conference, Commodities Fall & Tidal Energy Rises
By Conor O'Sullivan
Some of the world’s largest companies — and brands — announced their commitment on Tuesday to cutting carbon emissions and participating in practices that would support sustainable energy. [The NY Times] Asian stock markets were uneven Wednesday as commodity prices languished in a sign of uncertainty about world growth prospects. [U.S. News/AP] In the north… Keep reading →
The Short-term Energy Outlook is the EIA’s periodic analysis of where energy fundamentals appear to be heading based on current data and assumptions. The reports cover supply/demand dynamics and pricing for oil, natural gas, refined products, coal, power, renewables, emissions and the US economy. This edition of the EIA’s STEO – released earlier this week… Keep reading →
The financial industry’s indispensable tool – the Bloomberg Terminal – may have developed a chink in its armor, as competing products and services from Thomson Reuters and Markit give it a run for its money. Bankers, traders, fund managers and others got spooked when Bloomberg admitted its reporters had access to terminal usage data they… Keep reading →
