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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

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The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

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We caution companies not to make unqualified general environmental claims because ‘‘it is highly unlikely that marketers can substantiate all reasonable interpretations of these claims,’’ the Federal Trade Commission standard for environmental claims.

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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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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Targeted Industries: IT & Computer Tech, Energy, Petroleum Refining & Chemical Products, Advanced Tech & Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense. For its groundbreaking work, the company received a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in July 2012.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission voted to authorize $18.5 In 2016, companies with cybersecurity offerings raised $216 million in venture capital funding across the region and $93 million in venture capital funding went to data analytics companies in the region. Job growth in the IT field is projected to increase by 1.7

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Jerry Brown fired the two state regulators who had overseen a 70 percent decline in state drilling permits since 2008, a notable turnaround for a state leader who in his first stint as governor in the 1970s pioneered many of California’s landmark environmental protection statutes. Last year, CA Gov. gigawatt hours of electricity a year.