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Is California Going to Ban Cows in the Name of Climate Change?

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So, with targets on the backs of cows, “for dairies, California will aim to reduce methane emissions. One of the many problems with that aim is California dairy cows already “produce low enteric fermentation emissions per gallon of milk“. About half of the emissions from the State’s 5.5 they belch less) when compared to other U.S.

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Indoor Marijuana Growing Accounts for Over 1% of all Electric Consumption in the U.S.

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Indoor marijuana growing operations accounted for over 1% of all electric consumption in the U.S., In California, marijuana production accounted for about 3% of electric use, according to the study. ” Indoor Marijuana Growing Kaplow LEED Stuart Kaplow Sustainability green building law growing pot'

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New California Energy Code Makes Moves Toward Zero Emission Buildings

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New California Energy Code Makes Moves Toward Zero Emission Buildings. The California Energy Commission recently announced the 2022 update of the statewide building energy code will require new buildings to use less energy and cut carbon pollution by transitioning homes off of fossil fuels. Sustainability. cbroderick.

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ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords

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Carbon reporting will be required by organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in supplying a product or service in California. This is much more than only applying to Amazon and Walmart, and their supply chains. government and The Group of Seven. yes, this blog will continue).

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LEED can Help Mitigate Legal Risks in ESG Disclosures

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In what is widely viewed as a flawed rule only further slowing chronically weak European economies, the EU Parliament will require by the end of 2020 that EU member public companies publish their policies on integration of sustainability risks, with a much watered down definition of “sustainability risks. Recent U.S. best practices.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

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General Accounting Office (GAO), May 1979. US Army Sustainment Command. Basic Content Analysis, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, California, 1985. The Content Analysis Guidebook, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, 24 California, 2002, pp. REFERENCES. Controller General of the United States. Unite States Congress.

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Companies are Preparing for ESG Disclosure Rules

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But there is guidance out there and I have been advising companies to look to Europe and the EU Parliament requirement that by the end of 2020 EU member public companies must have published their policies on integration of sustainability risks. Theirs is a watered down definition of “sustainability risks. Recent U.S. best practices.