Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

As I described in a 2017 blog post, Migratory Bird Treaty Act Reform is for the Birds , with five federal circuit courts of appeals divided on the question, it is important to bring regulatory certainty clarifying that the criminal scope of the MBTA only reaches to conduct intentionally injuring birds.

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Regulation Injury Legal America 156

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2018

Any information provided it NOT intended as any form of legal guidance. Minnesota Statutes 2017. Job Order Contracting Blog Legislation for Job Order Contracting March 20, 2009. This is list is for reference only and may not be complete or current. The JOC regulatory framework is evolving despite its long term use.

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Guidelines Arkansas Minnesota Virginia 100

Stok

MARCH 23, 2023

To stay ahead of what’s next in carbon, here we begin with global and regional trends, then explore trends happening at the local level. #1: CLIMATE REGULATION IS HERE In our trends blog last year , we mentioned increased regulatory pressure for companies to report climate-related metrics.

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Regulation Sustainability Risk Accounting 52

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

In 2017 Sweden became the first nation to enshrine a ‘net zero by 2045’ target into law, but the law actually only requires 5 year reports on progress. There has been little litigation to date, but as far back as 2016 we wrote a blog post about “net zero energy” in California, False Advertising Claims over Net Zero and LEED Certified Homes.

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Risk Claims Legal Agreement 156

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 23, 2022

As described by Sofi Thanhauser in her new book, Worn, “by 2017, one garbage truck of clothes (5,787 pounds) was burned or sent to landfills every second.”. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a blog www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). This post originally appeared in that blog.

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New York Retail Sustainability Accounting 156

ENR Construction

AUGUST 8, 2012

As those findings gained more substantiation, regulators issued fish-consumption advisories in 1971 for the river. Phase two started in 2011 and is expected to be completed by 2017 or 2018. View all Videos » Blogs: ENR Staff. Blogs: Other Voices. Washington Observer. Economic Stimulus. -->. Product Snapshot.

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New York Equipment Electrical FAQ 63

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Real estate is a highly regulated industry and real estate transactions must to be recorded in a government ledger to be recognized and enforceable by all. I posted to this blog last year when Propy announced the very first blockchain sale anywhere, an apartment in Kiev, Ukraine in 2017.

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Vermont San Francisco United States Leases 136