The IRS Released Notice 2013-12 on February 7 announcing Phase II of the qualifying advanced energy project program under Section 48C.

The U.S. Green Building Council ("USGBC") is now accepting proposals for education sessions at Greenbuild 2013 to be held in Philadelphia, PA.

To avert the much talked about fiscal cliff legislation, the House approved the "American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012" extending a number of tax provisions.

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.

A prior blog post and Pepper Hamilton LLP Client Alert discussed the issuance of a new report from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) titled "Alternatives for Managing the Nation’s Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites."

A prior Pepper Client Alert discussed the issuance of a new report from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) titled "Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites."

A discussion on the special circumstances surrounding the new deal environment.

Bloomberg has recently reported that Surana Ventures Ltd of Hyderabad will double production in the face of Chinese overproduction that has caused a 34% reduction in panel prices over the past 12 months.

In a recent decision, the Court of Chancery decided a novel question of law, holding that the business judgment rule applies to a controlling stockholder going-private transaction, which is conditioned upon, or obtains, approval by an independent special committee and a majority of unaffiliated minority shareholders.

The Supreme Court yesterday did not provide the bang many expected out of its Fisher v. Texas ruling, but it may have more far-reaching implications for universities.

An analysis released in late August by the Department of Energy predicts that between 35 and 60 gigawatts of coal-fired electricity generation in the eastern half of the country will be shut down within the next five years, due principally to increasingly tough environmental regulations and low natural gas prices resulting from abundant U.S. shale gas supplies.

The theory of trespass by hydraulic fracturing has gained some momentum.

Regulatory efforts designed to implement the President’s Climate Action Plan, previously discussed in this blog, continue to emerge.

Recently released 2011 data indicate that the greenhouse gas emissions from the twenty seven countries in the European Union decreased by 3.3 % while EU Gross Domestic Product grew by 1.6 percent, according to official data compiled by the European Environment Agency.

It is proving very difficult for plaintiffs to survive a motion to dismiss, let alone obtain judicial relief associated with the alleged results of climate change.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that a fifth public comment period on proposed updates to the LEED (Leadership and Energy and Environmental Design) green building rating systems will run from October 2, 2012, to December 10, 2012, with submission of the proposed changes to a vote by the USGBC membership scheduled for June 1, 2013.

The recently released 3% Solution: Driving Profits Through Carbon Reduction presents, in one sense, a conceptually obvious point — energy costs money, therefore, if you reduce your energy use, both your costs and your carbon emissions will go down as a result.

Pennsylvania is considering a bill, Senate Bill 258, that would create a presumption of abandonment for certain subsurface rights if those rights are not exercised for 50 years.

EPA's automobile fuel economy rule, federal energy efficiency rules for consumer products and buildings, and incentives for the use of renewable energy generation clearly contributed to these decreases in GHG emissions.

There have been a couple of developments recently that suggest the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is becoming more user friendly.