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What are Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS)?

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What are Voluntary Sustainability Standards, otherwise known as VSS, and how do they help to ensure economic, social and environmental safety in developing countries while helping to improve their financial independence?

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Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP): Goals and Principles

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What is Sustainable Public Procurement, otherwise known as SPP, and how do its main goals and principles help entities in their transition towards sustainability and develop the three pillars of sustainability: such as social, environmental, and economic?

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What is the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) of 2008?

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What is the Global Warming Solutions Act, also known as the GWSA of 2008, and how does it seek to reduce emissions and employ clean energy standards across the state of Massachusetts?

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Our Guide to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)

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What is the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, better known as the GHGRP, and how does it help the U.S. remain aware of the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions and to develop the proper climate legislation to reduce them?

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What is the Clean Water Act (CWA) and How Does it Work?

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What is the Clean Water Act, and how has it helped to restore rivers, streams, lakes, and other various bodies of water across the United States for the past fifty years?

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CERCLA: All you Need to Know on the 'Superfund’

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What is the CERCLA, otherwise known as the ‘Superfund’, and how does it help to protect the environment and human population from the negative effects of poor hazardous waste management?

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What is the New York State Renewable Portfolio Standard?

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What is the New York State Renewable Portfolio Standard, and how can it help the state of New York to successfully achieve their emission reduction and sustainable development goals?

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What is the California Air Resources Board (CARB)?

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What is the California Air Resources Board, otherwise known as CARB, and how does it help to improve air quality and reduce emissions across the state?

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What is the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA)?

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What is the Global Warming Solutions Act, otherwise known as GWSA, and how has it helped California to meet their emission reduction goals in the midst of climate change?

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