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Consumers Energy Moves To Build Natural Gas Power Plant In Genesee County

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Consumers Energy has taken the next major step for its new natural gas plant in Genesee County, filing for approval of a certificate of necessity with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). “When operational in 2017, this plant will produce about 50 percent less carbon emissions than the coal plants it will replace.

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2018 IgCC Poised to be Adopted for the First Time

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Since 2017, the 2012 IgCC has been permitted in the County as an alternative to mandatory LEED building. For a section by section review, see my earlier blog post see, 2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive. But apparently not for long. including the USGBC) and available from the ICC for sale to the public (.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

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Editor’s note : This blog was originally published as a Client Alert by Seyfarth Shaw LLP. On December 19, 2017, the Senate voted to approve the Tax Bill and, on December 20, 2017, the House voted to approve the Tax Bill. The new federal Tax Bill has many provisions that impact employers with respect to their employees.

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The Drone Age

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The six sites were tasked by the FAA with conducting “critical research into the certification and operational requirements necessary to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace in the next several years.” Should commercial drone flights be permitted before defenses against rogue drones are perfected?

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Those Days Are Over

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Mike Pence signed a hastily passed revision of the bill with language clarifying that the law would not permit discrimination. Last year, North Carolina enacted a law—which derisively became known as “the bathroom bill”—that required transgender people to use public bathrooms based on the sex indicated on their birth certificates.