Clean Technologies Practice
Issue Alerts
Post-Election Update
Edited by Curt RichNovember 6, 2008
Democrats captured the White House and substantially improved their majorities in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives during Tuesday’s national elections. President-elect Barack Obama and his team plan to move quickly with a transition plan, with key cabinet positions possibly being announced as early as next week.
Representatives Dingell and Boucher Release Discussion Draft of Climate Change Legislation
Doug Smith, Kyle Danish, Tomas CarbonellOctober 9, 2008
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, released a “discussion draft” climate change bill intended to stimulate discussion and serve as a basis for legislation in the next Congress.
Articles
U.S. Climate Change Policy Will Drive Significant Investment Opportunities in Traditional and Alternative Energy
Ben McMakin and Janet AndersonManaged Funds Association Reporter
April 2008
A new President and the likelihood of more Democrats in the House and Senate may tip the balance of power in energy debates from traditional oil and gas interests to proponents of new energy sources and cleantech goods and services. While we watch the election unfold, and as the rhetorical battles over energy policy continue in Washington, D.C., climate change legislation looms largest of all the energy debates.
Energy's Next Step
Curt RichLos Angeles Daily Journal
December 7, 2007
Once heralded as the lynchpin to America’s energy independence, ethanol is increasingly under attack as a flawed energy resource. The livestock and food industries criticize ethanol for the impact it has on the price of corn. Environmentalists point out that corn ethanol takes almost as much energy to make as it produces. Communities in more arid regions of the country worry about corn ethanol’s high demand for water.
Clean tech depends on federal policy
This guest column first appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on November 14, 2007.Curt Rich, Ben McMakin
November 14, 2007
Curt Rich and Ben McMakin offer insight on why local leaders, companies with promising technologies, and venture capital and financial sectors must engage in both Washingtons if they want the promising clean-tech sector to thrive.
Seminars & Events
Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NVFebruary 25, 2009
Jay Ryan and Ben McMakin will attend this event.
2009 Harvesting Clean Energy Conference
Crowne Plaza, Billings, MTJanuary 25, 2009
Curt Rich will be a keynote speaker at this event.
6th Annual Conference, The Green Business Summit: Adapt, Innovate, Transform
Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church, VAJune 5, 2008
Van Ness Feldman's Tracy Nagelbush is attending this event.
The Future is Now: The Business, Technology and Politics of Global Energy
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VirginiaApril 24, 2008
Van Ness Feldman's Shelley Fidler will speak during the last session, "Curbing CO2 Emissions in the U.S.: Can Policy and Technology Make an Immediate Impact?" at 4 PM in room G004-A of Ruffner Hall.
Cleantech Forum XVI
Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CAFebruary 25, 2008
Van Ness Feldman's Curtis Rich and Ben McMakin will be attending.