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LEED can Mitigate Legal Risks in ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation requiring selected companies to articulate their basis for ESG disclosures. And as the SEC seeks to articulate the ESG space with new regulations s, there is not even unanimity among Commission members. This is at the same time the U.S.

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Wirtgen Complaint Spurs Trade Patent Probe Against Caterpillar

Construction Equipment

International Trade Commission will begin an investigation into certain Caterpillar road milling machines and components, after Wirtgen America filed a complaint alleging patent infringement.

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Geiger Counting

Construction Equipment

Nuclear Regulatory Commission it intends to retire the plant on or about Sept. Earlier this month, Exelon sent a deactivation notice to PJM Interconnection, the overseer of the largest electric grid in North America. Exelon, owner of the nuclear plant at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, has advised the U.S.

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Penn Transportation Funding Expected to Fall $6 Billion Short

Construction Equipment

Representatives of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Associated Pennsylvania Constructions, America Council of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania, the Public Utility Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection and numerous representatives from the utility industry are expected to attend.

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U.S. AWP Rental Market Recovers in 2013

Construction Equipment

million, according to research commissioned by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF). The increase is attributed to growth in Asia and Latin America.'

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Tall Wood

SAB Magazine

In the fall of 2013, Forestry Innovation Investment and the Binational Softwood Lumber Council commissioned Perkins+Will to conduct a survey of completed Tall Wood buildings from around the world, and share the lessons learned by others with those contemplating similar projects in North America.

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Cat 8-K Report Shows 16% Drop In Worldwide Sales In Q4

Construction Equipment

In a report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Caterpillar says its retail sales to resource industries worldwide fell 38 percent during the three month period between October 2015 and December 2015.

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