Here is another article on the massive flow of venture capital money into Energy Efficiency, from an Ernst & Young report. At the end of January, we had a similar post with reports from Deloitte as well as Greentech. The numbers never seem to match among the reports, but the consensus is the same: The [...]

With the record breaking D.C. snow, many detractors of climate change / global warming science are feeling emboldened in their argument against the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence. First, the record breaking D.C. snow is of itself evidence of climate change as one of the key pillars of climate change science is an increase in [...]

I have been a part of more than my share of 10Ks and S-1s through the years, so I found this blog post very interesting. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an interpretive release on February 2, 2010, entitled Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change. The release does not create any new [...]

I thought this was pretty interesting considering all of the doom and gloom regarding the retail sector. Several large retailers are making serious investments in greening their businesses. Huge retailer, Kohl’s, increased its green energy purchase by 160 percent, from 851 million kWh to 1.37 billion kWh, moving from the third-largest purchaser to the second-largest [...]

I get asked all the time about the value of a tax deduction, and specifically, the 179D deductions. Some folks also call them EPACT (Energy Policy Act) deductions. I had a client ask today about it. To give you some background, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 enacted Section 179D of the US Tax Code, [...]