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5th National Climate Assessment Released by the White House along with more than $6B to strengthen Resiliency in the US
USA - November 15 2023 Earlier today, November 15, 2023, President Biden released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (“NCA5”). The NCA5 assesses changes in the climate…
New ASHRAE Standard 241 for Indoor Air Quality - increasing exterior fresh air or purifying existing indoor air!
USA - September 24 2023 The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE) approved for publication of its highly anticipated airborne infection…
California Jumps the Line ahead of the SEC and enacts two significant Climate Disclosure Bills
USA - September 18 2023 Last week, the California legislature passed and, earlier this week Governor Newsom signed, two climate disclosure bills which focus on the financial…
HUD - over $4B in lending capacity and $840M in grant funds under its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program
USA - August 24 2023 The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced more than $4 Billion in loan capacity and $840 Million in grant funding…
Plastic Bag Bans - A New Jersey Update
USA - August 17 2023 By way of an update to our April 27, 2023 Blog post regarding plastic bag and straw bans, we thought it a good time to circle back to what is going…
Seattle - Not Just for Starbucks These Days - Mayor Proposes Greenhouse Gas Reduction Legislation
USA - August 10 2023 Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell recently proposed legislation that would require the City's large commercial and multifamily buildings to reduce…
ISSB issues global sustainability and climate-related standards
Global, USA - July 19 2023 In June 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (the ISSB) published its first set of global sustainability and climate-related…
The General Services Administration and the National Deep Energy Retrofit Program - Electrification of over 41 Buildings - $300M of Investment Value!
USA - May 19 2023 Last week, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) issued its largest ever notice of opportunity under its “National Deep Energy Retrofit”…
Plastic Bag Bans - Do They Work?
USA - April 27 2023 According to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer per a report issued by the City of Philadelphia (the "City"), the City's 2019 plastic bag ban…
The SEC and its continued focus and enforcement of “Greenwashing” by Alek Smolij
USA - April 17 2023 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has positioned itself as one of the United States' leading government regulators on environmental…
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