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SEC Charges Mining Company with Misleading Investors in its ESG Disclosures

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a publicly traded Brazilian mining company and one of the world’s largest iron ore producers, with making false and misleading claims about the safety of the Brumadinho dam including through its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures. Securities and Exchange Commission last month charged Vale S.A.,

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HUD Jumpstarts PACE Financing for Homes

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The guidance describes it as, the property may only become subject to an enforceable claim (i.e., The property shall not be subject to an enforceable claim (i.e., PACE loans can provide the capital to green the existing building stock. This change in Federal policy can jumpstart green building in the U.S.

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What is PACE Financing and Is It Doomed?

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Started in the green revolution’s holy land, Berkley, California, PACE financing is shorthand for Property-Assessed Clean Energy Financing ( Wikipedia entry ). Well, PACE loans create a lien against properties similar to a tax lien, meaning that the lien has priority over all other debts (including mortgages). Think Again.

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Greenbacks for Green Energy

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Joe and Mitch made a few minor tweaks to the tax code, agreed to postpone for another season the debate about how to reduce our $16-trillion-plus national debt and announced they had a Deal. The post Greenbacks for Green Energy appeared first on Business Facilities. We always wondered what happened to Charlie the Tuna.

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constructionattorneyblog: Subcontractor's Mechanics lien allowed.

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« Liability for green design | Main. After the owner paid the fifth draw and the general deposited the funds into its bank account, the bank seized the funds in the account because of another debt owed by the general. LEED project managment software » May 21, 2009. The Illinois Supreme Court, in Weather-Tite v.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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From the gateway in the UK, we travel across Europe and give you a progress report on the countries and locations that are doubling down on their investment in biotech growth, which our friends across the pond like to quantify in three distinct segments: Red (pharma, medical), White (industrial) and Green (nutrition technology).

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The sites include the Greene and Sumter Renewal Community, made up of both counties, the Mobile Renewal Community, which includes Prichard and a section of east Mobile, and the Southern Alabama Renewal Community, which includes Wilcox County and parts of Butler, Conecuh, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe and Perry Counties.

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