Election Roundup: How a Harris Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 25: Issues for Public Employers with Bertha Enriquez of Renewable Water Resources
Economics of the Energy Transition: Keith Fullenweider on Wharton Business Daily
Small Refinery Exemption Litigation Update
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
De-Risking Renewable Energy Projects: Identifying and Avoiding Contractual, Economic, Legal, and Regulatory Pitfalls
Powering Anything, Anywhere With Alex Livingston, Joule Case — Battery + Storage Podcast
Flexible Real Estate Financing Solutions for Storage Projects With Laura Pagliarulo, SolaREIT — Battery + Storage Podcast
Overcoming Energy Conversion Challenges With Jason Barmann, EPC Power Corp — Battery + Storage Podcast
4 Key Takeaways | Harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act: Driving Investments in Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction
The Continuing Impact of Coal Ash - Energy Law Insights
The Capacity Crunch, Part Three: Unpacking the Power of the IRA: The Potential Game-Changing Opportunities for Utilities
The Capacity Crunch, Part Two: Public Utilities, Resource Planning & Deployment, and the IRA
Nuevos vientos para la energía eólica en Colombia, la apuesta Offshore
The Capacity Crunch, Part One: Reliability and Decarbonization in the Short Term
6 Key Takeaways | Legislative Developments in Decommissioning Requirements in North Carolina
Brad Gibbs Discusses the Intersection of Renewables and Oil and Gas in Emerging Surface Use Issues
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 15 - Climate Week NYC
Renewable Natural Gas and the Promise of a Cleaner Future
While 2022 showed that the sustainable debt market is not impervious to overall economic slow-down (particularly in the capital markets), 2023 demonstrated its resiliency, even in a high-interest rate market. Notwithstanding...more
Australian Update - Draft Reporting Standards for Australian Climate-Related Disclosures - As previously reported by K&L Gates, the Australian Accounting Standards Board released its exposure draft of the Australian...more
Join Bricker Graydon’s Public Finance, Energy and Higher Education attorneys for an informative session on transformative financial and energy use practices within higher education institutions. Lunch will be provided for...more
The amount of money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially in the past year, and as banks and investors increasingly turn their attention to ESG factors, companies are also...more
The Russian Federation has taken its first steps towards implementing global sustainable development principles by adopting the Decree of the Russian Government No. 1587 dated 21 September 2021 "On approving criteria for...more
When an investment banker is marketing the bonds of your municipality, authority or school district, the more investors that show interest in purchasing your bonds, the lower your interest rate will be on those bonds....more
China's mining sector is taking active measures to pursue industry transition and achieve a low-carbon production plan. China's decarbonization and quest for green metals - China has set a national target to achieve carbon...more
Global momentum behind the fight against climate change has never being stronger, as governments and energy companies around the world make ambitious pledges to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050. The US, under the...more
Increasing demand from investors is driving a recent rise in attention to ESG principles as Brazilian companies wrestle with issues of the Amazon deforestation, social inequality, and corruption. Notable market activity...more
Green Loan Principles are a set of voluntary guidelines that provide a framework to clarify in which circumstances a loan can be considered “green”. A quick summary of the 4 key components of green loans can be found below...more
On 3 March 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered the UK Budget 2021 (the Budget). Understandably, the Chancellor’s focus was on setting out the road map to the United Kingdom’s economic recovery from COVID-19. The Budget,...more
The corporate world continues its embrace of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) in 2020 like never before. As part of that trend, ESG-type criteria are appearing with increasing prevalence in the bond and loan...more
Takeaways from this discussion: • Green bond issuance is surging worldwide, surpassing US$257 billion in 2019. • Major corporates, including many not usually associated with climate initiatives, are bringing green...more
Part 1 of a PublicCEO Series on Using Green Bonds to Advance Community Sustainability - When the Hayward Unified School District looked to advance its sustainable energy plan, it turned to green bond financing to fund the...more
Climate Change Regulatory Issues & Updates - French Parliament Adopts Ambitious Energy-Climate Law - On September 26, 2019, the French Parliament adopted the "Energy-Climate" law, which sets the framework, ambitions,...more
Green bonds are hot. According to the Climate Bonds Initiative, global green bond issuances in 2019 exceeded $150 billion USD through August and forecasts have increased to $250 billion USD for the year. If these forecasts...more
U.S. Energy Policy Must Support Natural Gas in Appalachia and West Texas - "And it shows how quickly the U.S. shale revolution since 2008 has transformed domestic and global energy markets, with always improving...more
The soundbites are edited for clarity and are organized by topic, rather than in chronological order. The topics covered include the tax equity, debt and M&A markets, C&I solar, offshore wind, bonus depreciation,...more
Since establishing the People’s Bank of China’s Green Finance Task Force in 2014, China has encouraged green financing mechanisms through a variety of pioneering initiatives. For example, the country has designated five green...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Can California really hit a 100% renewable energy target? - San Diego Union-Tribune - Jun 9 - California takes pride in its clean energy credentials, but the state may be poised to take...more
“PACE” – Is it the new buzzword? Lately, it seems I keep hearing about securitizations backed by PACE financings. What is a PACE financing program, and what is happening in the securitization market?...more
The Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, Jonathan Taylor called for “a renewed effort from the world’s financial institutions to make the Paris Agreement a reality” at the COP 22 Conference, held last month in...more
“Green Bonds” are a relatively new trend in the bond market. They offer investors an opportunity to invest in “green projects” that help mitigate climate change. Categories of green projects include renewable energy, energy...more
Sustainable Development Focus - What does the future hold for green bonds and solar investment? - PV-Tech - Jul 5 - Green bonds first appeared in the market in 2007, with initial issuance from development...more