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SEC Alters Environmental Disclosure Requirements for First Time in 30 Years But

Green Building Law Update

Last Tuesday, the California Governor pushed the President to accept the role climate change in the California wildfires. Just last Saturday, the Wall Street Journal published an Op-Ed, “Sustainable Investing is a Self-Defeating Strategy.”. And this intentional omission is in a climate when the subject is hot.

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FTC Order Restricts use of “All Natural”

Green Building Law Update

The Federal Trade Commission issued a summary decision against California Naturel, Inc., But in this instance, California Naturel admitted that eight percent of its sunscreen formula is in fact dimethicone, (by its own admission triggering the summary decision without a hearing) a synthetic ingredient.

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LEED is the Tool to Restrict Water Use in This Town

Green Building Law Update

While much attention was given last week to California Governor Jerry Brown’s executive order, in response to that state’s long running drought, seeking to reduce overall water use by 25%, there may be more to be learned from how the small Town of Hampstead in Maryland responded to its own water crisis in 2008.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

We caution companies not to make unqualified general environmental claims because ‘‘it is highly unlikely that marketers can substantiate all reasonable interpretations of these claims,’’ the Federal Trade Commission standard for environmental claims. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (.

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California Geo Bill passes General Assembly | Geothermal content.

Contractor Magazine

Home > Green > Geothermal > California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. Championed by the new California Geothermal Heat Pump Lobby Coalition (CalGeo), AB 2339 (Williams/V.M. Related Articles California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. Project Management.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

US Army Sustainment Command. European Commission, 2013. Basic Content Analysis, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, California, 1985. The Content Analysis Guidebook, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, 24 California, 2002, pp. Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). Alliant Governmentwide Acquisition Contract. US 44 Army.

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California’s Bid to Make New Buildings Greener Will Raise Cost

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“The urgency of climate change has gone up,” said Andrew McAllister, a member of the California Energy Commission, which developed and approved the building code changes. “We Sustainability. We know we’ve got to get on the stick and do something.”. Marini said. That’s not entirely true in the rest of the country. Read More. .