In disavowing nuclear weapons, perhaps the Iranian leader is practising the Shia doctrine of taqiyya, a form of permitted dissimulation ie, lying in the interest of defending the faith.
The Swedish programme for geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel is approaching major milestones in the form of permit applications for an encapsulation plant and a deep geologic repository.
The overall homicide rate, among the metro areas whose principal city is in a state that requires some form of permit to purchase a gun, is 4.32 per 100,000 residents, compared with 5.74 among cities in no-permit states.
Similarly, the overall burglary rate, among the metro areas whose principal city is in a state that requires some form of permit to purchase a gun, is 442 per 100,000 residents, compared with 690 among cities in no-permit states.
The government will also receive 22mn free tonnes of abatement in the form of international permits from landfill operators who ended up with a windfall gain after the abolition of the emissions trading scheme.
The government is also likely to receive up to 16m free tonnes of abatement in the form of international permits from landfill operators who ended up with a windfall gain after the abolition of the emissions trading scheme.
But other factors include: the impact of the renewable energy target and the government's Direct Action policy; 22m tonnes of free abatement we received in the form of international permits from landfill operators, who ended up with a windfall gain after the abolition of the emissions trading scheme; and 128m tonnes of "carryover" we are counting.
This is the last concern Gilpin shared with me: "The recovery aspect of ASR involves permits to acquire more pumping rights...so the majority of EAA directors passed the ASR rules to use the Edwards karst in spite of dangers to The People's health and in order to give themselves more groundwater in the form of Recovery Permits.
As a simple form of tradable permits, AIJ and other market-based schemes represent important potential mechanisms for stimulating additional resource flows for the global environmental good.
But the singers say Williams brushed off their concerns, and that he described the French contracts as "fake" and a form of work permit.
