February 16, 2012
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Environmental Management Newsletter February 16, 2012 |
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EPA’s FY 2013 budget proposal focuses on core environmental and human health protections
Today the Obama Administration proposed a FY 2013 budget of $8.344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget reflects a government-wide effort to reduce spending and find cost-savings, and is $105 million below the EPA’s enacted level for FY 2012. The FY 2013 budget is the result of EPA’s ongoing efforts to carefully consider potential cost savings and reductions while continuing its commitment to core environmental and health protections -- safeguarding Americans from pollution in the air they breathe, the water they drink and the land where they build ... | ||
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The 10 sustainability `megaforces` threatening your business
Businesses have been urged to step up their efforts to ensure they are resilient to an increasingly resource-strained world, after a new report by KPMG identified 10 "global sustainability megaforces" that could derail businesses` plans over the next two decades.BusinessGreen runs down the list below.Climate changeKPMG says this could be the only global megaforce that directly affects all others, with annual output losses ranging from one per cent per year, if strong and early action is taken to tackle rising temperatures, to as much as five per cent a year, if policymakers fail to act. Energy ... | ||
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