Comments for Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com Exploring emerging legal issues in clean tech, climate change, and green building Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on THE WIND AND THE SUN by SUN SUBSIDIES « Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com/2012/01/06/the-wind-and-the-sun/#comment-975 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:26:20 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=1044#comment-975 [...] New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.  (See a previous discussion of this [...]

]]> Comment on China on a Solar Roll by Cary http://sustainability-counsel.com/2012/03/12/china-on-a-solar-roll/#comment-942 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:03:26 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=1165#comment-942 In view of the Solyndra debaucle:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/14/news/companies/solyndra_solar/index.htm

as well as others:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/as-another-govt-funded-energy-co-goes-under-obama-admin-announces-more-loans/

this poses an interesting question. Should the government be invlolved more? and if so how? Maybe they should make money available as some type of reward for achieved successes, rather than fronting money for technology which ‘may’ work. This might drive competition to succeed, rathe than fund projects that won’t.

]]> Comment on DOE Backing Efforts to Lower Solar Project Non-Hardware Costs by New DOE Funding Opportunity for Renewable Energy Innovations « Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/11/16/doe-backing-efforts-to-lower-solar-project-non-hardware-costs/#comment-893 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:14:38 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=974#comment-893 [...] innovative renewable energy technology under DOE’s “SunShot” program. The SunShot program has already awarded $60 million in new technologies, in an effort to speed their transition from lab to marketplace. [...]

]]> Comment on EPA and DOE Announce New Initiative to Develop Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Sites by New Year: New Resources for Renewable Energy Developers « Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/11/09/epa-and-doe-announce-new-initiative-to-develop-renewable-energy-on-potentially-contaminated-sites/#comment-856 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:28:30 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=956#comment-856 [...] Together with a joint effort initiated in November 2011 with the Department of Energy (DOE), to conduct feasibility analyses on an array of potentially and previously contaminated sites through…, EPA is continuing to seek ways to help those interested in renewables projects get practical [...]

]]> Comment on California’s Cap and Trade Program Back on Track by Deadline to Register for California’s GHG Cap and Trade Program Nears « Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/12/16/californias-cap-and-trade-program-back-on-track/#comment-845 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:12:34 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=1022#comment-845 [...] CARB will hold the first allowance auction in August 2012 and will issue additional guidance to assist program participants in the auction process.  More information about the evolution of this program is available here. [...]

]]> Comment on New California Supply-Chain Disclosure Requirements Will Have Far-Reaching Implications by Conflict Minerals Final Rule Deadline Postponed Again: SEC Makes it Official « Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/10/25/new-california-supply-chain-disclosure-requirements-will-have-far-reaching-implications/#comment-842 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:44:34 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=920#comment-842 [...] another supply chain-focused regime — the California Supply Chain Transparency Act – went into effect January 1, 2012.  This law, which applies to manufacturers and retailers [...]

]]> Comment on “Name and Shame” Scheme for Conflict Minerals by Conflict Minerals Final Rule Deadline Postponed Again: SEC Makes it Official « Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/02/28/name-and-shame-scheme-for-conflict-minerals/#comment-841 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:44:31 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=543#comment-841 [...] The new regulations will require publicly traded companies to  determine whether their products are derived from four minerals associated with the metals gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum.  These metals are widely used in electronics and a broad array of products, including jewelry, tools, engines, medical equipment, chemicals, packaging, and even ballpoint pens.  If a company uses any of these metals, it must trace their origins through upstream supply sources to see whether any were mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or surrounding Central African countries.  If they were, or if the possibility cannot be ruled out, the company must conduct extended diligence efforts, potentially including costly independent audits.  More information is available here. [...]

]]> Comment on INTERNATIONAL GREEN CONSTRUCTION CODE: FINALLY FINAL (OR ALMOST) by International Green Construction Code: Jumping the Gun and Veering off Track? http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/12/14/international-green-construction-code-finally-final-or-almost/#comment-838 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:16:04 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=1016#comment-838 [...] noted in a prior post, the final International Green Construction Code (IGCC) has been approved and is scheduled for [...]

]]> Comment on INTERNATIONAL GREEN CONSTRUCTION CODE: FINALLY FINAL (OR ALMOST) by International Green Construction Code: Jumping the Gun and Veering off Track? « Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/12/14/international-green-construction-code-finally-final-or-almost/#comment-829 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:37:31 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=1016#comment-829 [...] noted in a prior post, the final International Green Construction Code (IGCC) has been approved and is scheduled for [...]

]]> Comment on NEW FRONT OPENING ON SOLAR PANEL IMPORTS? by Solar Panel Trade International Trade Case Moves Forward « Sustainability-Counsel.com http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/09/30/new-front-opening-on-solar-panel-imports/#comment-745 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:21:45 +0000 http://sustainability-counsel.com/?p=877#comment-745 [...] previously reported (http://sustainability-counsel.com/2011/09/30/new-front-opening-on-solar-panel-imports/), in early October a group of U.S. solar panel manufacturers initiated an international trade case [...]

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