Current conditions: Severe thunderstorms across the Great Plains are raising the risk late into Friday night of nocturnal tornadoes, which are nearly three times as deadly as daytime twisters • The Red and Mississippi rivers are poised swell as clouds dump up to 4 inches of rain on the region • Strong katabatic winds up…
It’s still rare to launch a fund abroad, and yet a growing number of U.S. companies and investors are turning to Europe to pilot new technology and validate their concepts before scaling up in more capital-constrained domestic markets. Europe’s emissions trading scheme — and the comparably stable policy environment that makes investors confident it will…
London-based Clean Growth Fund just secured £49 million in the first round of fundraising for its second fund, targeting a total of £150 million. What makes this round stand out is who’s leading the charge: local government pension funds from Strathclyde, Islington, and East Riding. Pension funds haven’t traditionally been known for taking big risks,…