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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

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There would have to be some agreement, that does not exist today of what it means to be net zero (e.g., And maybe that includes an agreement that zero is more like the historical absence in the number of columns counted by Sumerian scribes 4,000 years ago than a modern laboratory measure of non-detect? yes, this blog will continue).

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

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The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

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Airbus Expanding In Virginia

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Terms of the agreement are pending Loudoun County Board of Supervisors action. Source: Loudoun County Department of Economic Development. The Loudoun County Department of Economic Development successfully competed for this project with other east coast locations.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Construction officially started on the $600-million facility in April 2013 and aircraft assembly is planned to begin in 2015, with a targeted 2016 delivery of its first A320 jetliner. But loyal readers of the BF Blog know that we’re bullish on Motown’s recovery. The cranes were also part of the agreement.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Last year, the state signed an agreement with Mercedes-Benz that recognizes Shelton State Community College as one of the best in its field in preparing individuals for careers in manufacturing. Construction of the planned expansion at Subaru’s Lafayette plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. “We Mercedes-Benz U.S.

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Supply Chain Reaction

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Canada and Mexico sat down this week in Washington to begin the arduous task of renegotiating the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. trade representative Robert Lighthizer opened the NAFTA talks by declaring that the free trade agreement has “fundamentally failed many, many Americans and needs major improvement.”