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The new year brings new policy and regulations. Here’s a look at two that can have a lasting effect on green building and renewable energy and change the landscape for green business operations.
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Now that the Republicans have the majority in the House has the green revolution been quashed before it even really got started?
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Pursuit of a renewable energy bonanza has sparked a fervor akin to Gold Rush fever, and in some unlikely places a Wild West atmosphere prevails.<br />
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Recently there have been several cases of neighbors raising objections, valid or invalid, to green projects. But should David always defeat Goliath? When does collective good trump individual rights in developing sustainable projects?
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It should be easy to understand which tax codes apply to your firm's renewable energy projects and what the incentive will be. But as with all things related to the tax code, it is not. Here are tips on how to wade through the morass.
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I promised a post on the State of the Union, and I’ve realized the issue to address is the degree to which the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government delay or derail real regulatory action on climate change and green building.
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The SEC has changed its metrics for determining when shareholder resolutions regarding climate change risk must be included in SEC documents. The move is expected to make it easier for shareholders to demand disclosure of such risks to their investments.
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Many have argued that the Waxman-Markey and ACELA bills go too far -- making the energy efficiency requirements too high. I would argue that the Boxer-Kerry draft of the climate bill for the Senate does not go far enough.
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By now, everyone has heard of greenwashing, but there's a new wave of anti-environmental action that is more devious and potentially more destructive: greenbashing.
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The USGBC recently announced that it is incorporating energy and water usage reporting requirements as a precondition for achieving LEED V3, and Google said it will debut a cloud-based operating system in the next 18 months. Both entities rolled out good ideas perhaps before their time.
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On Tuesday, the Obama Administration released a study analyzing the potential impact of climate change in the United States. It read like the Ten Plagues at my family's annual seder ...
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Green building law expert Shari Shapiro writes about a newcomer to the LEED family: LEED for Neighborhood Development -- and the specter some have raised about the new rating system
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As Americans go into today's election, we need to take an important vision with us into the voting booth. If we are to have a future -- as a country, as a species -- there cannot be a red America or a blue America. There must be a green America.
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Until now, there has been little, if any, active litigation related to the rash of green building regulations passed in the past few years. That changed July 3 when a new era of environmental litigation began.