Monday, April 4, 2011

SRI Monitor Weekly News Update

A weekly medley of news stories you might have missed, but need to read...

Global News

President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed to cut U.S. oil imports by a third over 10 years....read more

Global clean energy finance and investment saw a 30% leap in 2010, reaching a record $243-billion on the back of strong growth in ... read more

Spanish energy sector regulator CNE suspended subsidies for 350 solar plants with irregularities in their registration as electricity generators...read more

Company News

Zipcar priced its IPO at between $14 and $16 per share for a planned run on the Nasdaq under the symbol ZIP. The company’s 8.3 million shares will...read more

General Electric announced Tuesday that it’s buying a 90-percent stake in Converteam, a French supplier of electrification and automation equipment, for about $3.2 billion...read more

compiled by Nick Searle

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