Carbon Markets, Climate Change / Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Mitigation and Adaption
  • State and Regional (California AB 32, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the Western Climate Initiative, the Midwest Governors Accord etc.)
  • Federal Proposals (Congressional, Environmental Protection Agency, White House Council on Environmental Quality, Department of Energy, USDA etc.)
  • Global (Canadian Provincial Systems, Kyoto Protocol, European Union Emissions Trading Systems, the Clean Development Mechanism)
  • Voluntary Climate Initiatives (President’s Challenge, Global Reporting Initiative, the Climate Registry, Stakeholder Relations, Corporate Specific, etc.)
  • Primary and Secondary Allowance and Offset Markets
  • GHG EPA Mandatory Reporting and Voluntary Inventory Development
  • Biomass / Biofuel GHG Life Cycles, Due Diligence and Transactions
  • Offset Project Host / Developer / Investor / Offtaker Selection, Negotiations, Due Diligence, Transactions (Climate Action Reserve, American Carbon Registry, Voluntary Carbon Standard, etc.) Technology Vendors, EPC, O&M, Selection, Negotiations, Due Diligence
  • Validator and Verifier Selection, Negotiations, Due Diligence
  • Mitigation and Adaption Framework Development Agreements (Project, Sectoral, State, National, International)

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), Energy Efficiency Certificates (EEC), Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), Renewable Energy Standard (RES), Clean Energy Standard (CES)

  • State RPS Compliance, REC Origination
  • REC / Green Tag Due Diligence and Transactions - Renewable Energy Purchase Agreements, Clean Energy Purchase Agreements and Renewable / Clean Project Development, Financing, Renewable Fuel Plans, Biomass and Forest GHG Life Cycle
  • EEC / White Tag Due Diligence and Transactions – Energy Service Company Contracts, Energy Efficiency Project Development as well as Financing
  • Federal RES and CES Frameworks Development, Transactional Due Diligence, Federal Clean Energy Certificate (CEC) and REC Due Diligence
  • Voluntary REC and Renewable Energy Projects, Due Diligence on the Interplay between RECs and Carbon Offsets, Green Communications 

Conventional / Criteria Pollutants Markets

  • NOx (Annual and Seasonal) and SO2, the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) transition to Clean Air Transport Rule (CATR)
  • Emission Reduction Credits (ERC) for Construction, Origination

Nutrient Trading / Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Markets

  • Stream, State and Watershed Based Markets and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permitting

Conservation, Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking

  • State and Federal, Public and Private banks, Enabling Instruments, Easements, Banking Agreements

Emerging Environmental Commodity / Instrument Regulatory Oversight and Markets

  • EPA, FERC, CFTC, SEC, State PUCs, State Departments of Environment Protection