#standardized regulations

[nnctales]

Impact of Construction and Demolition Waste and its Use in Buildings

Introduction Construction and demolition (C&D) waste is a significant environmental concern worldwide. The massive amounts of waste generated from construction and demolition activities pose a threat to the environment and human health. However, innovative approaches have emerged to tackle this issue, focusing on recycling and reusing C&D waste in building projects. This article explores the…

[liquidstar]

How is tumblr going to ban porn and then show me ads where two triceratops are straight up having sex

[odinsblog]

“When an elected body creates guidance and gives you authority to do something, it depends on expert policymakers or administrators to sort out the facts. If your job is to make sure that the water people drink is clean, they don't go in and list every test in the water that has to be done, but they give you broad guidance to figure that out, Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association explains. "For example, defining how much lead is in the water for you to drink that's permissible, but the understanding changes over time. They may alter those recommendations and actually bring the level of lead exposure that's permissible down.”

Dr. Benjamin went on to predict that a company could challenge the EPA's determination of how much lead can be in the water because it's cheaper to make a product that leaks the toxic substance into the drinking supply. “That's an example of where it isn't necessarily written in detail in the law,” he warns. “You're going to have confusion because every time someone doesn't like a regulatory decision, they will now go to court and try to challenge it. The decision is now going to a judge, who may not have any scientific knowledge in this area.”

“This will have a chilling effect on regulatory agencies,” says Dr. Raymond Robertson, Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy and Professor. “Agencies have already started anticipating this, and they've been much more cautious in the way that they've been regulating. I don’t see anyone mentioning the court backlogs that we already see. It's going to potentially add pressure to the courts, and that means that decisions are not going to be made. So it's another significant factor that's going to be slowing down regulatory influence.”

Beyond what it might mean for the automotive industry, the decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo will have wide-reaching ramifications, the likes of which are difficult to anticipate so soon after the ruling. Since the original Chevron case involved environmental protection, it's safe to surmise that future challenges post-Loper Bright may be used to overturn federal mandates to improve air quality, including President Biden's electrification efforts.

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[gordonstanheight]

reblog to scare a letterboxd admin

[gabs-magical-abs]

Love living in constant fear that we'll get kicked out of our rental at the whim of a landlord. This is a very reasonable and not at all stressful and fucked way for 30% of the population to live.

[heroesriseandfall]

I know it is likely the result of yet more story writers just not knowing anything about modern archaeology. but every time Jack Drake or even Bruce Wayne keep an artifact in their own possession that legally and ethically they should not get to keep (especially without paying mind to how well it’s stored), and nobody in the comic says anything about it, I go a little more nuts.

Jack Drake canonically being an “amateur archaeologist,” emphasis on amateur because he really just dug up an ancient artifact in Asia then took it home as a gift to his fiancé. And then he kept another artifact in a dirty storage closet. You can tell he is a rich businessman with a hobby interest in archaeology rather than anything else.

[theshadowrealmitself]

I can’t articulate it, but it gets to me that, outside of Spock and I think Tuvok, being logical and regulating emotions isn’t something that Vulcans are shown to just endure, the same way they endure lower temperatures for other species, or higher oxygen for other species, or anything else that has to be incredibly uncomfortable at best to painful at worst that they just endure

The vibe I get from it is that a majority of Vulcans enjoy it, they like being logical, maybe they didn’t get a choice in being logical as kids, but unlike the select few like Sybok, they don’t seem to be resentful that they were raised like that at all

This isn’t just something they’re all forced to do now to prevent their emotions from causing their species’ end, dedicating themselves to logic brought them inner peace

[maideninorange]

Something I occasionally think about is why the spacesuits throughout the Pikmin series are Designed like that (in-universe I mean). Like, what features do a whistle and a glowing antenna like that have as something apparently part of the standard design? So here's my silly headcanon: mainly, they are intended to be safety features.

The antenna? It's meant to be a bright beacon that alerts potential rescuers right to someone in distress, especially when it's somewhere dark like a cave or the dark vacuum of space. It's this latter, probably very common, scenario that would inspire such a design feature. Especially considering how common place space travel is.

And as for the whistle? If the antenna is a distress beacon for the eyes, than the whistle is that for the ears. It's a built-in way to, assuming you are still conscious, let people know where you are. After all, what good will screaming do when you are drifting through space? No one can hear you scream in space...but they can hear a loud, sharp whistle! Also, assuming you are with a group of people, a great way to let them know where you are if you were to get separated during a worst case scenario. Especially since those helmets probably muffle your voice if you're far enough away. It's an easy way to play the hot-cold game of finding a sound's source going in places where such is usually perilous.

It just so happens that these safety features come quite in handy when you get stranded on a planet full of carrot creatures with tall, similarly built stems and respond well to the aforementioned whistle.

[hoodiedeer]

i feel like if youre selling access to videos like tutorials or something the captions on your video should probably at least ATTEMPT to meet the standard quality, accuracy, formatting and availability requirements for tv/film captioning.

[sharkface]

Food service worker diagnosis

[aviatrix-ash]

Digging thru older photos rn and found this one me and my moms got the Ultra Pup home, but not before stopping at micky deez for chickey nuggies. :]

We had to modd her trailer to fit the plane and used every bit of rope and ratchet straps we could find to secure it and the surviving wing.

I'm trying to get better at welding so I can get this little guy flying again. Needs a lot of replacement tubing under the fabric skin due to some heavy rust. :']

[youssefguedira]

hate that the most easily accessible american food in this country is like. pop tarts and twinkies. and not the shit i DO crave regularly like. i don't know. kix. swiss miss. jello goddammit. in n out burger

[qqueenofhades]

What are the odds that the sub company survives this? I mean they not only got several people (very rich people whose families will cause trouble regardless of the signed waiver) killed and lost their expensive (yet still cheap) sub, but one of the guys on it was the ceo!

The stock market alone is gonna be brutal

[tails-boogie-board]

Woke: Tails is a licensed scientist/welder/IT support/mechanic at 8

Even more woke: He's 8, unsupervised, and barely exists legally and is fundamentally Styropyro

No one is gonna sell an 8 year old plutonium, even if he forges a doctorate. But ebay is always there for you and with faster shipping

[melaniepilled]

i thought y'all were exaggerating about the condition of the canon jiang cheng tag . then i saw the first post... and the next one... and scrolled ...

"lets remember canon JC is a cute little princess! he has pretty pink lips! he has a slender waist but he's strong af! he carries a whip! thats so sexy!"

... okay. nice

"so we're reclaiming the tag!"

[girderednerve]

The proposed crackdown on silica follows a fraught history of the mine safety agency's decades of failure to protect miners from the toxic dust. The proposal also overlooks a history of overexposure at coal mines.

Again, this downplays the need and justification for action.

The rule notes that 93% of silica dust samples have been in compliance with existing silica dust limits since 2016. But the remaining 7% of samples amount to 5,300 instances of excessive exposure to the dust based on the newly proposed limit, according to MSHA data analyzed by Louisville Public Media and Public Health Watch.

In the 30 years leading up to 2016, agency data analyzed by NPR and Frontline found 21,000 excessive silica dust samples based on the existing limit. More than twice that many dust samples — 52,000 — exceeded the newly proposed limit.

This means that coal miners worked amid dangerous levels of silica dust — which is easily inhaled, easily lodges in lungs and can lead to severe disease and death — tens of thousands of times in 30 years.

During those three decades, the risk of silica dust exposure increased, as mining consumed the thickest coal seams, leaving thinner seams embedded in rock. Cutting those thinner seams generated more fine silica particles.

Also, during that period, the agency did not respond effectively to the threat.