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How the EU’s new ‘toxic-free’ vision could shape your safer chemicals strategy

GreenBiz

federal statutes and regulations, many state laws increasingly rely on the chemical hazard criteria and analyses from REACH (the principal European chemical regulation) and other EU laws and regulations. Further, the new EU chemical strategy identifies a wide array of initiatives for realizing its goal of a toxic-free environment.

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How the EU’s new ‘toxic-free’ vision could shape your safer chemicals strategy

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federal statutes and regulations, many state laws increasingly rely on the chemical hazard criteria and analyses from REACH (the principal European chemical regulation) and other EU laws and regulations. Further, the new EU chemical strategy identifies a wide array of initiatives for realizing its goal of a toxic-free environment.

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Scientists Find Appalachian Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Put Endangered Species at Risk Thousands of Times

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It’s definitely not over, just talk to the folks at Coal River and they will tell you that’s not the case,” said Matt Hepler, an environmental scientist with the environmental group Appalachian Voices , referring to the Coal River Mountain area in southern West Virginia, where coal production has remained relatively high in recent years.

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Isle de Jean Charles Community Members Moved into the First Federally Funded Resettlement Project in Louisiana Despite Visible Engineering Issues

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OCD justified the change by saying the state had determined not all residents on the island identified as part of the Tribe, and that limiting the project to a specific tribe could be seen as contrary to HUD’s rules and federal anti-discrimination laws. He shares many of the chief’s concerns regarding the resettlement project. “It’s

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

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More real estate owners, operators, developers and investment firms see the appeal of future-proofing properties from climate shocks such as floods and fires; from market shocks such as high prices for scarce fossil fuels; and from policy shocks such as any future laws requiring climate disclosures or that tax or penalize greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Estée Lauder Companies' sustainability leader on racial justice, 'sector-agnostic' solutions

GreenBiz

More recently, it energized on-site two solar arrays — one at its Melville, New York, campus that will produce 1,800 megawatt-hours of power annually, and a smaller one at the Aveda brand's campus in Minnesota. While it hasn't changed the direction, it's definitely accelerated. It feels like directionally we're headed in the right way.

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Estée Lauder's sustainability leader on racial justice, 'sector-agnostic' solutions

GreenBiz

More recently, it energized on-site two solar arrays — one at its Melville, New York, campus that will produce 1,800 megawatt-hours of power annually, and a smaller one at the Aveda brand's campus in Minnesota. While it hasn't changed the direction, it's definitely accelerated. It feels like directionally we're headed in the right way.