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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

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In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels. It is not good energy policy. It is not good environmental policy.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

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Comments should be submitted on or before July 25, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule, however, skeptics have suggested it may be the result in the Presidential election that determines if this Administration driven GHG litmus test has legs?

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

Comments should be submitted on or before July 25, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule, however, skeptics have suggested it may be the result in the Presidential election that determines if this Administration driven GHG litmus test has legs?

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

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The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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At the Bayonne Bridge dedication ceremony, representatives from the Sydney Harbour Bridge Commission participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony where a pair of custom-made golden scissors was used. The project is anticipated to be completed in 2016. Army Corps of Engineers to increase the depth to 47-feet from the mouth of the St.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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SMUD is setting aggressive goals for renewable energy production, including 125 megawatts of customer-sited, net-metered solar power by 2016. After several months of work, the Draft EIR for the Super Wal-Mart project is now complete and is currently being circulated for review.

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Arbitration Update – The 2021 ICDR Arbitration Rules: A Welcome Update for International Construction Arbitration

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While thoughtful arbitration clause drafting should generally enable parties to avoid confusion over which set of the ICDR/AAA rules should apply, the ICDR’s clarification of the term ‘international’ refines what parties should expect. Digest (forthcoming). 33 2021 ICDR Rules, pp 28, 31. 34 2021 ICDR Rules, p 28. 36 2021 ICDR Rules, p 31.