Filed under: CleanTech, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tags: Alternative Energy, Intellectual Property
Venturebeat recently headlined news that Envia, a battery development company in Newark, California had developed and was testing a lithium ion battery with a capacity of 400 watt-hours/kilogram. This is far in excess of the current record for such batteries, which is a little more than half of the Envia number. (more…)
The IRS released a private letter ruling (PLR 201208035) on February 27 permitting a partnership’s disregarded entity to claim an investment tax credit for an electricity storage device. (more…)
Lately, it’s been hard to miss the news reports or to see first-hand the significant spike in gasoline prices over the past few weeks. Fueled by Iranian Straits of Hormuz threats and the greatly increased tensions in the Middle East in general, the gas jitters have overwhelmed the countervailing news of lowered gas demand due to continued economic uncertainties in Europe and sluggish demand in the US on a still slow moving economy. (more…)
Filed under: Climate Change
In the Fall 2011 National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Change, polling data gathered by the University of Michigan and Muhlenberg College (Pennsylvania) indicate that, when asked whether there is “solid evidence that the average temperature on Earth has been getting warmer,” 62% of Americans said “yes” while only 26% said “no.” This signals a marked increase in the American public’s acceptance of global warming (more…)
The legal landscape for the burgeoning Marcellus Shale industry in Pennsylvania is rapidly changing. This Pepper Hamilton webinar will provide an overview of recent legislation 
regarding Marcellus Shale development in Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s decision regarding the Dunham Rule (more…)
