We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and pay our respects to the Elders past and present.
Gina McCarthy, who heads the EPA, said in a press call last week that her agency had found that 80% of small business owners supported the rule, as did a majority of those individuals and organizations who submitted public comments in the run-up to the rule's introduction.
The G8 meeting I chaired in Northern Ireland also forged a ground-breaking initiative to stop the true owners of companies hiding behind a veil of secrecy, tackling the cancer of corruption that does so much to destroy countries and increase the risk to our own security.
She took on the newly created job of representing moorland owners a year ago, convinced she could find a bridge between apparently conflicting interests.
According to the Moorland Association, just 10% of moor owners' £52.5m annual spend on land management comes from government subsidies – the rest is private money, brought in by grouse.
The "Glorious 12th" – 12 August, when the annual grouse-shooting season starts – will be marked on Monday with an acrimonious row between conservationists and the body that represents English and Welsh grouse moorland owners.
And just as dog owners say: "It's not the dog that's dangerous, it's the owner," so it could be the need for parental supervision rather than the toy that's to blame.
It is homely yet chic, with Tasmanian oak flooring, café latte-coloured walls and a series of colourful photographs taken by one of the owners.
He was right: its new owners all died violent deaths.
What's needed is for the names of the real, 'beneficial' owners of companies and trusts to be put in the public domain".
The inspectors also said Britain's own checks at abattoirs were unsatisfactory and there was a risk that UK government inspectors were being pressurised by their managers and owners to give higher hygiene scores than were warranted.
