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Lifting the visibility of the data industry, our podcast will provide you with the latest insights and developments of this ever-evolving topic.
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The Regulatory Transparency Project (RTP) seeks to identify and bring attention to the excesses of the administrative state in this country. All too often, over-regulation of the economy stifles innovation, productivity, opportunity and ultimately, the American Dream. We want people to look at regulations which are burdensome and extremely inefficient and not simply submit to them as the cost of doing business but, rather, look for real and concrete ways to change them for the better. The RT ...
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This podcast is brought to you by Research Triangle Park, where people + ideas converge. We focus on the intersection of relationships and collaborations throughout the Triangle region of North Carolina. We believe that "better together" is not just a catchy slogan, but the key to sustainability for our growing region will sustain the tremendous growth we are experiencing. Join host Ray Trapp, Vice President of Strategic Engagement for RTF, as he discusses economic development, community eng ...
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In this Tech Roundup episode, we delve into the discussions raised by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's recent hearing on AI regulation. Neil Chilson and Adam Thierer offer an in-depth analysis of the various approaches to AI that are being considered by regulators and in public policy circles – from voluntary efforts by the industry to p…
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Há um movimento internacional de defesa do desmantelamento de barreiras fluviais e de promoção da conectividade. Em Portugal estão a ser dados os primeiros passos, sendo que se estima que haja milhares de barreiras obsoletas. No episódio desta semana, conversamos com João Joanaz de Melo, Docente de Engenharia do Ambiente na Universidade Nova de Lis…
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On April 6, 2023, the Biden Administration announced two new efforts to "modernize regulatory review" – the first through the signing of Executive Order 14094 and the second through proposing revisions to OMB's Circular A-4, the government-wide guidance on regulatory analysis. Public comments on the proposed revision of Circular A-4 are due by June…
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As árvores antigas desempenham serviços imprescindíveis para os ecossistemas. Estes monumentos naturais ligam-nos às nossas raízes e passado, carregando consigo a não só a história da natureza, mas também a História da humanidade. No podcast desta semana, conversamos com Frederico Loureiro, arquiteto paisagista, docente e um dos responsáveis pelo J…
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Biosimilars, a category of biologic (medicine derived from a living organism), require approval, at least in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). There are two types of approval the FDA can give a biosimilar: “approved” and “interchangeable.” This distinction, unique to the U.S. system, along with the burden of proof required by the …
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Em Figueiró da Serra e Freixo da Serra, na Serra da Estrela, a população aumentou em 15 habitantes entre 2011 e 2021, totalizando 377 moradores. Conversamos com dois destes novos habitantes, Corinna Lawrenz e Nik Völker, sobre a recém-formada associação de proteção do património, Veredas da Estrela.
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The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rules have careened wildly back and forth as administrations have changed. Most recently, on February 9, 2023, the Department of Housing and Urban Development published in the Federal Register a proposed regulation entitled “Affirmatively Furtherin…
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Experts explore central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and the ongoing debates over financial privacy, especially in relation to use of cryptocurrencies and other software privacy tools. The webinar begins with a discussion between Rep. Tom Emmer, the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Prof. J.W. Verret of the Antonin Scalia L…
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In March 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule that would establish climate-risk disclosure requirements for public companies. The 490-page proposal includes requirements for disclosing direct greenhouse gas emissions (scope 1) and indirect emissions related to use of electricity or other forms of energy (scope 2). While …
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A Suficiência Energética permite diminuir o consumo de energia das habitações, salvaguardando a sensação de conforto térmico no interior das mesmas. A renovação energética do parque edificado é urgente, uma vez que 80% dos edifícios foram construídos sem regulamentos térmicos. João Pedro Gouveia, investigador da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia d…
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Food is a necessity for life. It should therefore surprise few that the federal government regulates the production and processing of food before it reaches our dinner tables. Labels indicating some meats are “USDA-Prime” or confirming that the product was inspected and approved as safe before delivery to the grocery store reflect this regulatory r…
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On December 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an updated rule on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that represents a significant departure from previous RFS rules. It includes a major new regulatory regime for Renewable Identification Numbers from renewable electricity (eRINs) and it proposes renewable fuel volume target…
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É possível identificar na paisagem os impactos cumulativos dos incêndios florestais. Perturbações no solo abrem espaço privilegiado às espécies invasoras. Jorge Dias, diretor do departamento regional de conservação da natureza e biodiversidade do ICNF, explica a estratégia do Parque Nacional Peneda-Gerês, largamente impactado pela mimosa.…
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In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court held in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC (consolidated with Cochran v. SEC) that federal district courts have jurisdiction to resolve challenges to the structure and existence of federal agencies whose decisions are subject to review in a court of appeals. The decision confirms that regulated entities…
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The European Union is considering adopting a wide-ranging regulatory regime for the licensing and litigation of standard essential patents (SEPs). Proposed for release on World IP Day (April 26, 2023), a leak revealed the EU plan to create an administrative tribunal to perform mandatory “essentiality checks” of certain SEPs, set royalty…
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Durante o sono, ocorrem processos fundamentais no nosso cérebro, como a reparação celular e o descartar de toxinas. No entanto, os níveis crescentes de luz artificial a que estamos expostos estão a destabilizar estes e outros ritmos naturais do corpo. Conversamos com Cátia Reis, especialista em sono e cronobiologia, acerca do impacto da luz no sono…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), once the stuff of science fiction, is now more than ever a part of everyday life, regularly affecting the lives of individuals the world over, sometimes in ways they may not even know. AI is increasingly used both in the public and private sectors for facial recognition, dataset analysis, risk and performance predictio…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), once the stuff of science fiction, is now more than ever a part of everyday life, regularly affecting the lives of individuals the world over, sometimes in ways they may not even know. AI is increasingly used both in the public and private sectors for facial recognition, dataset analysis, risk and performance predictio…
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O novo Plano Estratégico da Política Agrícola Comum, já em vigor, apresenta a novidade dos pagamentos agroambientais exclusivamente para o montado. Teresa Pinto Correia, da Universidade de Évora e diretora do Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, coordenou o projeto piloto.…
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What happens when the Administration's "whole-of-government approach" to climate change meets federal contracting? The Department of Defense, the Government Services Administration, and NASA have jointly proposed a revision to the Federal Acquisition Regulations that would require government contractors to publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions…
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A lampreia-do-sado, endémica da bacia hidrográfica que lhe dá nome, e a enguia-europeia, com uma ampla área de distribuição do norte ao sul da Europa, têm um ponto em comum: os seus efetivos populacionais têm sido alvo de pressões antropogénicas. Esta semana conversamos com Catarina Mateus, investigadora do MARE / U. Évora e com Isabel Domingos, in…
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As ONGA trabalham na defesa do meio ambiente. Pressionam os atores políticos e económicos e alertam a sociedade para uma alteração na exploração dos recursos naturais. Matthew Pye, fundador da Climate Academy, fala sobre a importância da Educação Ambiental nas escolas e das ações dos movimentos ativistas.…
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A impermeabilização dos solos e a canalização das ribeiras desencadeiam elevadas taxas de escorrência superficial e aumentam as repercussões da água amontoada. Conversamos com Judite Fernandes, Hidrogéologa do GEOTA, sobre a gestão de água em áreas artificializadas, a partir da região de Lisboa.
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Algumas doninhas e lebres apresentam coloração sazonal: alteram a sua pelagem de castanho para branco no inverno, com o objetivo de se camuflarem. O investigador Jorge Melo Ferreira (CIBIO) está estudar as bases genéticas desta alteração, para compreender como as alterações climáticas e os seus efeitos na paisagem estão a pôr em risco estas espécie…
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Social media platforms have emerged as the new “town square” and a key forum for public debate, but some have questioned whether that debate is as open and robust as it should be. On the other hand, some worry that efforts to regulate social media platforms may themselves crimp debate. At the heart of the discussion is Section 230 of the Communicat…
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Recent months have seen a flurry of notable developments at the Federal Trade Commission, including oral arguments in the high-profile Axon v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran Supreme Court cases, administrative complaints challenging deals between Altria and JUUL and Illumina and GRAIL, and FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson’s announced resignation. This epi…
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In late February 2023, the FDA released its responses to the December 2022 Reagan-Udall Foundation reports on the FDA's Human Foods and Tobacco programs. In this follow-on explainer podcast, we once again host Jeff Stier to discuss what these initial responses include, what issues they address, and what one might want to watch moving forward. Featu…
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In January 2023, the FTC announced a proposed rule that would ban noncompete agreements across most of the U.S. economy – a move President Biden lauded in his recent State of the Union address. While noncompete clauses have existed for centuries and have traditionally been regulated under state law, they have also become a focal point for the execu…
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Signed into law in 1965, Medicaid has been active for almost 58 years, during which time its scope has fluctuated and many conversations have been had as to what the appropriate reach, means, and aims for the program should be. In this podcast featuring Tom Miller, he lays out a brief summary of how we got to where we are. He highlights the benefit…
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O crescimento da população de javalis é acompanhado pelo alargamento da área de distribuição da espécie. O contacto com outros animais e com os humanos representa riscos para o ecossistema. Carlos Fonseca, do CoLAB ForestWISE e da Universidade de Aveiro, explica a evolução dos javalis em Portugal e o impacto nas áreas rurais e urbanas.…
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A osmose - o movimento de água que acontece nas plantas e nas nossas células - pode ser usada para produzir energia. A diferença de salinidade entre a água dos rios e do mar torna os estuários ideiais para aplicar esta tecnologia. No entanto, existem alguns detalhes que impedem a sua eficiência em grande escala. Neste episódio do podcast Biosfera, …
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Last November, the Federal Trade Commission accepted comments on its proposal to start a rulemaking related to "Commercial Surveillance" - the agency's newly minted term for any and all business use of data about customers. The FTC has for decades sought to protect consumer privacy and data security through case-by-case application of its general c…
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In November 2022, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, against the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on behalf of the Alliance of Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) and others. The suit challenges the FDA’s 2000 decision to legalize mife…
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The collapse of FTX has intensified the debate about how cryptocurrencies should be regulated, including proposed federal legislation. With a string of cryptocurrency failures and tens of billions in losses for investors, increased regulation has become a hot topic. As Bloomberg summarized: “Crypto is squarely in the cross hairs of Washington” and …
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Although primarily an enforcement agency, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a historic number of proposed rules over the past two years. From prohibiting non-compete provisions potentially impacting 30 million employment contracts or privacy and data security rules implicating personal information online, these proposed rules will affec…
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A floresta é caracterizada por ser o sistema mais biodiverso que existe. É ainda responsável por funções vitais que garantem o equilíbrio dos ecossistemas. Helena Freitas, Ecóloga e Docente da Universidade de Coimbra, explica o funcionamento deste sistema e como devemos plantar uma floresta.
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Energy consumers continue to see rising rates, but how do regulators decide the rate that consumers pay? In this episode, James Coleman and Mark Ellis explain the relationship between federal and state regulators and utility companies, the financing models behind regulated rates, and the incentives created by these models. What are the implications…
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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 into law. This omnibus law is over 4,100 pages, and, like many omnibus bills, affects a broad range of issues. According to Dr. Joel M. Zinberg, physician and health care expert, one such issue is the practice of medicine, as a nineteen-line section relating to t…
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Under the Biden Administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra has dramatically increased the substantive reach of the CFPB’s use of guidance documents and examination and supervision powers. This includes the articulation of a new standard of Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP) that includes allegedl…
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A ocupação intensiva do litoral alentejano por parte de grandes empresas de hortofruticultura tem vindo a intensificar-se na última década. Tratando-se de uma zona costeira, os impactos desta exploração estendem-se às arribas, às dunas, e até mesmo ao mar. No episódio desta semana, Nuno Carvalho, engenheiro do ambiente e parte do movinento cívico "…
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Title VI and IX apply to all colleges and universities that accept federal funds, which, as a condition of accepting those funds, agree they will enforce all Federal Civil Rights laws. However, sometimes programs offered by such institutions seem to run afoul of Title VI and IX, and when that happens, a recourse is to file a complaint with the Offi…
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The EPA has rescinded The Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program rule. It has reinstated a waiver of Clean Air Act (CAA) preemption for California’s greenhouse gas standards and Zero Emission Vehicle sales mandate. These are some facets to California’s Advanced Clean Car Program. In Ohio v. EPA, now pending bef…
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O Laboratório de Fitossanidade do Instituto Pedro Nunes realiza análises de detenção de Xylella fastidiosa em plantas portuguesas. Já foram identificados vários focos de infeção em território nacional, sendo que o cenário repete-se um pouco por toda a Europa. Joana Costa, coordenadora dos ensaios laboratoriais, explica o ciclo de vida da doença e a…
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O Centro de Computação Avançada do Minho vai receber o seu mais poderoso supercomputador até ao momento, capaz de fazer 10 milhões de biliões de cálculos por segundo, operado apenas a energia renovável. O diretor científico do MACC, Rui Oliveira, explica como a inovação dos sistemas informáticos já só se faz dentro da sustentabilidade.…
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A Associação Zero conduziu a primeira avaliação para uma economia do bem-estar em Portugal e concluiu que ainda há um longo caminho a fazer para Portugal ter uma estratégia económica sustentável. Susana Fonseca resume as principais conclusões do relatório.Par Biosfera
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