On December 12, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in Jacksonville, Florida heard the U.S. Department of Labor’s appeal of District Court Judge Casey Rodgers’s decision to place a preliminary injunction on DOL’s “Program Rule,” governing the H-2B visa program, which authorizes the entry of reforestation guestworkers to the U.S. on a temporary, seasonal basis.

On December 6, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities announced that it had created a Watershed Protection Database, to compile and compare information on programs in various communities to dedicate special assessments on consumers’ water bills to watershed protection projects, as an element...

On December 3, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration “activated” previously announced changes to its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program, including changes in two of the “BASICs” FMCSA uses to monitor carrier performance. Changes include...

On November 8, a leading general builder, Turner Construction, released the latest results of the “Green Building Market Barometer” survey it conducts every two years, gauging the commitment to “environmentally sustainable, or ‘green,’ building” of companies engaged in architecture, construction, real estate consulting, owning, developing, and other construction-related sectors.  In all, the survey reports the views of 718 executives.