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  2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works controversies

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    The Flood Control Act of 1965 (FCA 1965), enacted after Hurricane Betsy flooded large sections of New Orleans, mandated the US Army Corps of Engineers as the Federal agency responsible for levee design and construction. Among other projects and studies, FCA 1965 authorized the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana, Hurricane Protection ...

  3. Professional certification - Wikipedia

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    The Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) is a U.S.-based organization that sets standards for the accreditation of personnel certification and certificate programs based on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, a joint publication of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the American Psychological ...

  4. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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    These standards allow for more consistent loading, transporting, and unloading of goods in ports throughout the world, thus saving time and resources. [35] The International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) is a 1972 regulation by the Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Organization on the safe handling and transport of containers. It ...

  5. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    The FIT21 Act, focusing on decentralized standards and broader crypto regulation. Tax issues, including potential adjustments to staking reward tax rules. Tax issues, including potential adjustments to staking reward tax rules.

  6. Greenwashing - Wikipedia

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    Greenwashing (a compound word modeled on "whitewash"), also called green sheen, [1] [2] is a form of advertising or marketing spin that deceptively uses green PR and green marketing to persuade the public that an organization's products, goals, or policies are environmentally friendly.

  7. Volkswagen emissions scandal - Wikipedia

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    FBI arrests emissions compliance manager Oliver Schmidt in a Florida airport restroom on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States. [13] 11 January 2017: Volkswagen agrees to plead guilty to the emissions scandal and to pay $4.3 billion in penalties. Six Volkswagen executives are charged. [14] [15] 3 May 2018

  8. 2018 in American television - Wikipedia

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    Date Event Source 1 A major crossover event takes place on ABC's TGIT (Thank God It's Thursday) primetime lineup. In the Grey's Anatomy episode "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (which culminated into the launch of its spin-off Station 19), Ben Warren (Jason George) and Andy Herrera (Jaina Lee Ortiz), firefighters from Seattle Grace fire department, Station 19, head to the fictional Grey-Sloan ...