Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Office of Environmental Justice. Its purpose was to ensure that all citizens, especially those of color or low income, received protection under existing environmental laws. Other initiatives within the EPA soon followed, and the Department of ...
Justice Scalia's text-based approach contrasts sharply with the more traditional techniques applied by Justices Kennedy and Stevens. Justice Scalia's application of textualism, however, serves to constrain the Clean Water Act in a manner that undermines its purpose. The Rapanos decision, therefore,...
Considering the views of the SCO member states, the declaration reaffirms that it is of great practical significance to work together to build a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness and justice as well as win-win cooperation, and to build a community with a sha...
KPMG reports: Kansas (sales and use tax laws); Nebraska (R&E expenditures); multistate (draft legislation amending P.L. 86-272) KPMG This Week in State Tax focuses on recent state and local tax developments. May 6, 2024 News D.C. Circuit: IRS has statutory authority to assess penalti...
FBI,Federal Bureau of Investigation- a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice DEA,Drug Enforcement Administration,Drug Enforcement Agency- federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; ...
A self-described white supremacist charged with killing a man in a tent in southwestern Montana has pleaded not guilty Associated PressNov. 27, 2024 Canada Lynx Proposed for New Habitat Protections in US Southern Rockies U.S. wildlife officials are proposing new habitat protections in the southern...
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(or CEQ), under then-President Donald Trump, published a set of changes to the law in the attempt to modernize, clarify and simplify the often byzantine regulations. When Joe Biden took office, CEQ changed course, and started working on its own set of reforms. It came out with Phase 1 ...
Although the lines between the three components of ESG can be blurred at times, each one largely meets the common-sense definition of the term. Environmental factors covered under ESG include compliance with environmental laws, voluntary environmental standards (such as a promise to buy more clean ...
The Transgender Care Fight Targets More Adults as Georgia and Other States Weigh Laws Conservatives’ nationwide offensive against transgender care is increasing trying to cut off care for transgender adults, and a panel of Georgia lawmakers has become the first in 2025 to move forward Associated Pre...