EPA recently released a You Tube video entitled Clean Air Act and Upcoming Carbon Pollution Guidelines for Existing Power Plants.

On March 27, the European Commission, the regulatory arm of the European Union, initiated a public consultation on a potential EU initiative comparable to the US conflict minerals program.

In its recent publication, Reducing Risk and Driving Business Value, the Carbon Disclosure Project reported that 38 percent of suppliers in the U.S. product supply chain have set internal targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, with 29 percent achieving year-on-year reductions.

Important changes to Michigan’s Part 201 cleanup criteria became effective September 28, 2012.

In an unheralded move earlier this year, an interagency group of technical experts coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisors finalized a revised estimate of an important numerical value used in federal regulatory cost/benefit analyses to represent the cost to society of carbon-based greenhouse gas emissions.

In an unheralded move earlier this year, an interagency group of technical experts coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisors finalized a revised estimate of an important numerical value...

Carbon dioxide measurements from Mauna Loa in Hawaii are the longest continuous survey of carbon dioxide [CO2] atmospheric concentrations.

LEED V4 is the most recent update to the LEED rating systems.

After working with AR Lenders, FHA Lenders and other stakeholders for months, HUD has finally "publicly" published the latest iteration of the Intercreditor Agreement.

After distributing industry news, updates, and practice tips relating to the legal and business aspects of government contracts via its blog, the Government Contracts Practice Group in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office will soon be retiring http://www.governmentcontractsconnection.com.

On September 9, 2013 the Army awarded $7 billion worth of Multiple Award Task Order Contracts for wind technology.

It has been said that the greenest building is the building that already exists.

In an analysis released earlier in July, the market intelligence firm Cleantech Group reported that global venture capital investment totaled $1.76 billion in the second quarter of 2013, up 56% from the previous quarter.

The Internal Revenue Service has recently issued the long-awaited final regulations that implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Pennsylvania recently enacted the "Innovate in PA Tax Credit" program, which incentivizes early-stage venture capital investment in technology companies by selling deferred tax credits to insurance companies.

Pennsylvania lessees only need to take minimal steps within the primary term to continue a lease if they continue to prosecute those activities to the completion of a well.

Acting on a commitment in the President’s June 25, 2013 Climate Action Plan, the Department of Energy announced July 2 it would fund up to $8 million in loan guarantees for new technologies that avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or greenhouse gas emissions in fossil fuel production.

The Department of Energy has released advance information on a funding opportunity expected in Fall 2013.

The U.S. Green Building Council recently announced that Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will give the opening keynote address at the 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which, for federal purposes, defined marriage as between one man and one woman.