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Bay Area communities struggle with what to do about rising sea level

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The California Coastal Commission has encouraged city governments to plan for the future by fortifying flood defenses, restoring wetlands, or making people move. Bay Area communities are struggling for a strategy to cope.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Louisiana: Building A More Resilient State

Business Facilities

Louisiana has created a Resilient Louisiana Commission (with 15 associated task forces) to chart a path toward safely reopening the economy and making the Pelican State more resilient for the long-term. Read: Louisiana: Building A More Resilient State at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Embraer Breaks Ground Facility In Melbourne, FL

Business Facilities

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Another chapter in dispute over OSHA statute of limitations

FDR Safety

the Review Commission held that the employer’s failure to act on recommendations made in a prior employer’s Process Hazard Analyses (some of which dated back more than 14 years before the OSHA inspection) constituted a “continuing violation” that effectively extended the statute of limitations under the Act. In Secretary of Labor v.

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Energy efficiency, water supply get attention in Washington, states

Contractor Magazine

The House passed several appropriations bills, including the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015. The House plans to vote on bill that will reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, along with bills on energy production and lowering gas prices. read more.