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Produced with Genetic Engineering

Green Building Law Update

Only slightly less fun than a Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin Point Counterpoint on Saturday Night Live, is the fight over labeling food produced from a bioengineered organism is being waged in a Federal courtroom in Vermont. Given modern interstate commerce, we may all find all of our food labeled “produced with genetic engineering.”

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Path Cleared To Decommissioning And Site Restoration Of Vermont Yankee

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The NRC issued Vermont Yankee its operating license on March 21, 1972. “Vermonters know that I worked for many years to meet the promise made to Vermont when it was constructed that the plant be closed on schedule in 2012,” Gov. Posted by Heidi Schwartz . Principal Photography by Larry Keyes and Dan Marx.).

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Maryland becomes First State to Ban Polystyrene this Thursday

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But actually very little of it, when the chemistry industry estimates less than 1% of polystyrene is used in as a ‘food service product’ and that is all this law regulates. Reduction of waste is a good aim, but banning legal products does not accomplish that end and is bad government, including that what comes as a replacement may be worse?

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Blockchain has come to U.S. Real Estate

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Earlier this year a precedent setting property sale in Vermont was the first real estate transaction in the United States using blockchain, portending a new era in the sale of land and improvements. notarized], shall be considered a record of regularly conducted business activity pursuant to Vermont Rule of Evidence 803(6).

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Blockchain has come to Real Estate

Green Building Law Update

Real estate is a highly regulated industry and real estate transactions must be recorded in a government ledger to be recognized and enforceable by all. notarized], shall be considered a record of regularly conducted business activity pursuant to Vermont Rule of Evidence 803(6). Laws will need to be changed across the U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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To receive an abatement for property taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation. To receive abatement for any or all of these taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation.

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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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