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FTC Settles Charges Over Deceptive Zero VOC Claims

Green Building Law Update

Four paint companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively promoted products as containing zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or as emission free, including during and immediately after application. The Commission vote to accept the consent agreements was 2-0. and ICP Construction Inc.

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FTC Finds Truly Organic is Not

Green Building Law Update

million to settle a Federal Trade Commission greenwashing complaint alleging that their nationally marketed bath and beauty products are neither “certified organic” nor “vegan” as falsely claimed. Truly Organic sold products nationwide using its own website and voracious social media accounts. and its founder will pay $1.76

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Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission Announces Grant Recipients

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The Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission (CAIC) has awarded $350,000 in grants for nine projects. This will be achieved by combining anchor tenants in the arts, retail space and event space to offer below market-rate studio space for creative entrepreneurs. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.

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Low-Cost Fire Protection For New Home Building/Remodeling

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An arcing fault creates sparks which often lead to electrical fires,” explains Ashley Bryant, senior product manager at a major electrical manufacturer. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates nearly 50 percent of all home electrical fires annually could be prevented with AFCIs. home improvement retailers.

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Food Company Plans New Chicken Operation In Arkansas

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Image: Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The facility will produce fresh and frozen chicken products for retail and restaurant customers with capacity to sell approximately 850 million pounds of poultry meat annually at full production. In 2018 Simmons will begin offering No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) products.

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Visible light technology

Construction Specifier

While this has always been an important consideration in acute healthcare, it has become increasingly important in non-healthcare applications, such as education, commercial offices, indoor sports venues, retail spaces, and other congregate settings. Photos courtesy University of Massachusetts (UMass).

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The Green False Claim Most Companies Are Making Without Realizing It

Green Building Law Blog

You proudly proclaim on your website, in your SEC filing or on your product packaging that you "use renewable energy." ” The Federal Trade Commission released the long-awaited fourth edition of the "Green Guides" on October 11, 2012. A copy of the Guides is available here.

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