A Note from the Editors -
Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox. This month’s...more
April 17, 2025: Holocene Climate Corporation, a developer of carbon removal technology designed to use organic chemistry to remove carbon dioxide from the air, was acquired by Occidental Petroleum (NYS: OXY) for an...more
This month, we are excited to feature Vema Hydrogen, a startup whose mission is to revolutionize the hydrogen industry by producing Stimulated Geologic Hydrogen, offering the world clean, abundant, and cheap H2 to help...more
4/4/2025
/ Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Investment ,
Renewable Energy ,
Startups ,
Sustainability ,
Venture Capital
Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox...more
This month, we’re excited to highlight the work of Mitchell Hauser, Managing Partner at Strategic Ventures, LLC (SV). As a founding partner, Mitch specializes in developing finance strategies for companies seeking growth...more
Energy & Sustainability Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox...more
How can companies and investors capitalize on the opportunities shaping the future of the clean energy industry?...more
In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Predictions and Practical Policies Podcast, ESG Co-chair Jen Rubin moderates a forward-looking discussion on what businesses can expect for ESG, clean tech, and energy regulation...more
This month, we are excited to feature Tiburon Subsea, a pioneering ocean technologies solutions platform encouraging sustainability efforts in subsea intelligence. The company’s knowledge, experience, and abilities are rooted...more
A Note from the Editors Energy & Sustainability Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox.
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The Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued its long-awaited final rule concerning climate disclosures, entitled “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” (“Climate Disclosure...more
3/15/2024
/ Carbon Pricing ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Governance Standards ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investment ,
Renewable Energy ,
Risk Assessment ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Severe Weather ,
Sustainability
This month, we are excited to feature Activate Capital. Activate partners with technology companies at their inflection point that are led by exceptional entrepreneurs with ambitions to build category-defining platforms of...more
The Mintz Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Working Group developed this ESG primer to provide an overview of the current state of affairs in the United States with respect to the ESG issues that businesses...more
10/30/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Antiboycott Requirements ,
Boycotts ,
CFTC ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Net Zero ,
New Regulations ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
State and Local Government ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina
Aeroseal Secures $67 Million in Series B Funding -
This month, we are excited to feature Aeroseal, a climate-tech company offering a patented and innovative solution that reduces energy leaks in buildings. Aeroseal...more
A Note from the Editors -
Energy & Sustainability Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox...more
1/13/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Mergers ,
Puerto Rico ,
RICO ,
SEIA ,
Sustainability
On Thursday, March 4th, the SEC announced the creation of a Climate and ESG Task Force in the Division of Enforcement to investigate alleged corporate environmental, social and governance misdeeds. The task force will be led...more
On Monday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee announced that Satyam Khanna was named senior policy advisor for climate and ESG at the SEC — a new position that addresses climate and...more
As the days countdown until the November 3 General Election and, while we are making no predictions on the outcome, we are beginning to have a clear sense of how Democrats might govern on clean energy if they were to hit the...more
7/21/2020
/ Clean Energy ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
Joe Biden ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Presidential Elections ,
Renewable Energy ,
Trump Administration
In Part III of our series on the Transportation and Climate Initiative, we took a deep dive into one TCI jurisdiction, Massachusetts, to see how the plan might look once implemented. However, the broad implementation of this...more
On December 17, 2019, thirteen jurisdictions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States officially issued an ambitious plan to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions and investing in sustainable...more
On January 17, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the introduction of the Green New Deal, a nation-leading clean energy and jobs agenda factored into the state’s 2019 Executive Budget. The Green New Deal will...more
House Democrats Readying to Tackle Climate Change & Energy in the 116th Congress -
House Democrats assumed the majority in the 116th Congress, with Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) as the new chairman of the House Committee...more
In this four-part series, we revisit 2017’s biggest developments in Energy & Sustainability-related news, milestones, policy changes, and financial transactions. This is the third installment of the series...more
2/2/2018
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Canada ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal GHG Framework ,
Hydropower ,
Paris Agreement ,
Secretary of Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration
A Note from the Editors -
Our April edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights and features a list of upcoming energy industry events throughout the nation. To learn about MIT’s latest...more
5/1/2017
/ Accelerators ,
Clean Tech ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Diesel Fuel ,
Energy Sector ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Innovation ,
NREL ,
Paris Agreement ,
Small Business ,
Startups ,
Technology Sector ,
Wind Power
Our March edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights and features a list of upcoming energy industry events throughout the nation. If you enjoy learning about new technology as much as we...more
4/1/2017
/ Barack Obama ,
Clean Energy ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Clean Tech ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Budget ,
Fracking ,
Grants ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Innovation ,
Methane ,
NASA ,
Nuclear Power ,
Nuclear Waste ,
Power Companies ,
Power Plants ,
Technology ,
Trump Administration