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30+ Construction Industry Statistics for EMEA

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Spending on construction accounted for 13% of the global GDP in 2020; it’s expected to reach over 13.5% The European Union’s (EU) total investment in construction in 2020 was €1.4 The fastest-growing sector between 2020 and 2025 is forecasted to be infrastructure. It accounted for 44% of total global construction in 2020.

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Maryland to Commit to World Economic Forum’s One Trillion Trees Initiative Tree Planting

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The bill will create business opportunities for savvy players in the environmental industrial complex, not only when it creates mandated government appropriations through 2031 that will have a net effect of $15 Million a year, but dramatically creating private sector opportunities in forest mitigation banking.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

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The Maryland Attorney General recently issued an opinion concluding that the placement of a protective easement on an already existing forest, as opposed to intentionally created or restored forest, does not qualify for forest mitigation banking. million in the State budget for tree plantings on public and private land.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

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Maryland law sets mandatory recycling rates for state government and local jurisdictions, as well as a voluntary statewide recycling goal of 60% by 2020. Senate Bill 370 (passed) requires that each county recycling plan address the collection and recycling of recyclable materials from specified large office buildings by October 1, 2020.

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Tapping LA’s Rooftop Solar Potential Could Benefit City’s Most Disadvantaged Communities

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The report finds that expanding the program to 600 megawatts will help Los Angeles achieve a state mandate to generate a third of its energy from renewable resources by 2020. “As California confronts a severe drought and a rapidly changing climate, this program gives homeowners another opportunity to do their part.”

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More than one in five deaths in England and Wales were due to the coronavirus in Britain’s deadliest week EVER as ONS figures reveal true Covid-19 death toll could be 50% higher

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And although the UK’s increase in daily deaths is small it comes at the end of a four-day bank holiday weekend for Easter. A graph shows how the week compares to others since the start of 2020. Older people account for the vast majority of COVID-19 deaths – around 92 per cent of victims are over-60.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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The builder reported 1,323 closings in 2020, raising its ranking among Pro Builder’s 2021 Housing Giants to No. That amenity, along with water conservation measures, became a standard feature for all Ivory Homes in 2020. Also, starting in 2020, every home is pre-wired for an electric vehicle charging outlet.