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U.S. Government Plans to Leverage Public-Private Partnerships to Make Federal Buildings More Energy Efficient

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As the nation’s largest energy consumer, the U.S. federal government plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions across its expansive portfolio of more than 350,000 federal buildings. In a pioneering move, the Biden administration...more

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Green for Green: New York’s Climate Justice Working Group Identifies Qualified Disadvantaged Communities for Clean Energy and...

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The New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (“CLCPA”) established ambitious targets to transform New York’s energy generation and efficiency. The CLCPA was signed into law in 2019 with goals to achieve 100%...more

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Inflation Reduction Act Offers a Variety of Green Building Tax Incentives

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The IRS is currently in the process of implementing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which addresses energy, tax and health policy. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "The Inflation...more

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Inflation Reduction Act: What You Need to Know

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​​​​​​​On August 16, President Biden signed into law the much-anticipated Inflation Reduction Act. The Act includes numerous clean energy, decarbonization, and climate-related provisions. ...more

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Clean Energy & Climate Solutions Federal Funding Database

Current List of Funding Opportunities - Wilson Sonsini's Energy and Climate Solutions group is pleased to provide our Clean Energy & Climate Solutions Federal Funding Database. As a new electronic platform, the database will...more

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Federal Funding Opportunities for Scaling Climate Solutions

For decades, clean energy and climate innovation and deployment have relied on, and been accelerated by, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) support through non-dilutive loans, grants, and other financial awards, combined...more

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The Inflation Reduction Act: Summary of the Budget Reconciliation Act

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The U.S. Senate on Aug. 7, 2022, passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). This comprehensive legislation is the result of many months of negotiations among Democrats to advance some of President Joe Biden's highest...more

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Renewable Energy Update - July 2022 #3

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Manchin, Schumer in surprise deal on health, energy, taxes - Associated Press – July 28 - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin this week announced an expansive agreement, the Inflation Reduction Act of...more

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New US Climate Bill Seeks to Bolster Domestic Critical Minerals Supply Chain

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On July 27, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a budget reconciliation bill entitled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ("IRA"), which would implement core components of President Biden's agenda on...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates — July 2022

Democrats Continue Push for Revised Build Back Better Act - With the window for action on a revised reconciliation bill to address Democratic climate and social policy goals quickly closing, Senate Majority Leader Charles...more

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HUB Talks: Sustainable Outlook: The Push to Modernize the Grid From Smart Buildings With Courtney Blodgett, Director of Strategy...

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On this week’s episode of Sustainable Outlook, Molly Barker of K&L Gates interviews Courtney Blodgett of Edo, which is a startup energy venture that works to enable building-to-grid integration and reduce building costs for...more

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Massachusetts Takes a Step Closer to Its 2050 Decarbonization Goal: The Commission on Clean Heat Launch

On January 12, 2022, the newly formed Commission on Clean Heat held its first meeting. The Baker-Polito Administration formed the Commission on September 20, 2021 in order to bring the state closer to its goal to be net-zero...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - December 2021

President Biden has signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the bipartisan infrastructure bill approved by the Senate in August and the House of Representatives in November. With a price tag of $1.2...more

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Illinois Regulators Take First Steps to Implement Illinois’ Recently-Enacted, Wide-Ranging Energy Legislation

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This is the second in a series of Quarles & Brady client alerts concerning the approximately 1,000-page Illinois omnibus energy legislation commonly referred to as The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). ...more

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Initial Takeaways from the American Jobs Plan

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The Biden-Harris administration announced its American Jobs Plan, a legislative framework laying out an ambitious $2 trillion investment in physical and human infrastructure, on March 31. The bulk of the proposed spending is...more

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House Energy and Commerce Democrats Release Infrastructure Opening Offer

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House Committee on Energy and Commerce Democrats on March 11, 2021, reintroduced a signature infrastructure package, the Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act, or LIFT America Act (H.R. 1848) to modernize U.S....more

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Biden Clean Energy Plan—An Ambitious Climate Agenda Arrives

President-elect Joe Biden announced an ambitious clean energy plan designed to counteract the impacts of climate change and reverse policies from the last four years of the Trump Administration. With action promised on Day...more

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On the Way to a Renewable Energy Future: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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As the US continues to be more successful in reducing CO2 emissions than the parties to the Paris Climate Accord, those who would do the St. Vitus dance on the grave of the domestic oil and gas industry should consider the...more

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British Columbia Publishes Climate Plan

On December 5, 2018, the Government of British Columbia, Canada, released CleanBC, a climate plan outlining the province’s path to a cleaner, more sustainable future. The plan includes implementation activities on how to make...more

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The Climate Report - Spring 2018

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Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates - EPA Releases 2018 Edition of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory - A new version of EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows a decline in U.S. total net greenhouse...more

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The EU Winter Package Briefing Paper

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Clean energy for all Europeans - On 30 November 2016 the Commission published its so-called ‘Winter Package’ of eight proposals to facilitate the transition to a ‘clean energy economy’ and to reform the design and...more

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Energy Technology Connections Newsletter: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - December 2015

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A Note from the Editors - Our December edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. First, we feature...more

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Energy & Environment Update - November 2015

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Energy and Climate Debate - In his final major effort prior to retiring last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) reached a bipartisan agreement, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, with other House and Senate...more

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Energy & Environment Update - October 2015 #3

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Energy and Climate Debate: Congress returns from the Columbus Day holiday this week to full schedules in both chambers, including several energy and environment hearings of interest. In the meantime, the Obama...more

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California's New Climate Era: SB 350 and Beyond

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Two out of three ain’t bad. Climate change policy advocates may find themselves quoting Meat Loaf with the enactment of Senate Bill (SB) 350, which California’s Legislature passed last month and which Governor Jerry...more

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