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Colombia’s October directive asks public bodies to connect audits, consumption records, funding and maintenance. It preserves different responsibilities for owned and rented premises while treating water savings and continuity of essential services as related operating concerns.
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China’s adopted HFC allocation scheme keeps national quota totals unchanged for 2027 while specifying how companies obtain and adjust their allowances.
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Wales is consulting on making undergrounding the starting point for new devolved 11–132kV electricity circuits.
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Brazil’s ANA has changed the timetable for proving one governance requirement for sanitation regulators.
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Canada has approved the Tilbury Phase 2 LNG expansion after a substituted British Columbia assessment, relying on legally binding federal conditions and provincial mechanisms to reduce duplication while retaining environmental and Indigenous protections.
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From 17 September, every proposed Scottish data center above 50 megawatts requires an Environmental Impact Assessment.
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China’s HJ 1478-2026 standard narrows routine pollution-hazard checks toward higher-risk hidden infrastructure while making leak detection, fixed checklists, remediation ledgers and inspection cycles more specific for key regulated facilities.
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Conama has approved three linked national measures covering non-potable reuse of treated sewage, risk-tiered aquaculture licensing and updated effluent controls, joining water supply alternatives to pollution prevention and regulatory information.
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New guidance shows how England’s Nature Restoration Fund will let qualifying developers replace specified project-level mitigation with a levy, while Environmental Delivery Plans ration capacity and Natural England carries delivery and enforcement responsibility.
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Japan’s environment ministry has selected Oji Holdings and Mitsubishi Estate Residence for supported environmental due-diligence pilots that move from risk identification toward internal decisions, remedies and disclosure across value chains.
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