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  • Will Air Quality Rules Put Power Reliability At Risk?
  • Do new air quality rules announced by the EPA raise the risk that some electrical utilities could have reliability issues in keeping the lights on? That was a chief question debated by attendees at a utilities forum in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.


  • House Panel Approves Keystone Pipeline Bill
  • The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would reverse President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. The bill is the latest GOP-led effort to advance the Alberta-to-Texas pipeline that they call a way to create jobs and boost energy security.

  • Santorum Sweeps Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado Primaries
  • Rick Santorum dealt an embarrassing setback to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign Tuesday night. Santorum defeated Romney by 30 percentage points in Missouri; in Minnesota, Santorum took 45 percent to Ron Paul’s 27 percent and Romney’s 17 percent.




  • Congressional Earmarks Sometimes Used to Fund Projects Near Lawmakers' Properties
  • Thirty-three members of Congress have steered more than $300M in earmarks and other provisions to dozens of public projects that are next to or near the lawmakers’ own property, according to a Washington Post investigation. Under ethics rules Congress has written for itself, this is both legal and undisclosed.
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  • Romney Leaves Nevada Win with Potential to Unite GOP
  • Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney rolled to victory in Nevada’s Republican presidential caucus Saturday, giving him back-to-back victories within four days and increasing his momentum heading into key states including Colorado, Arizona and Michigan.
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  • AP Analysis: Border Patrol OT Up As Arrests Drop
  • Border Patrol agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of illegal border crossers has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years, an Associated Press analysis of agency records finds.

  • Obama Seeks $5B to Help Hire Veterans
  • President Barack Obama will renew a request for $5 billion in his 2013 budget to encourage local law enforcement agencies and fire departments to hire military veterans who have served since the Sept. 11 attacks.

  • Obama Boosts Offshore Wind-Farm Plans
  • Federal environmental reviews for "wind energy areas" off Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia are now complete and find "no significant environmental impacts" from their development. That finding clears the way for companies to seek leases. Wind power has expanded quickly in the United States but all of that growth has occurred onshore.


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Events & Webinars


  • GOVERNING Summit on Sustainability - 2012
  • June 20, 2012 , Annenberg Beach House | Santa Monica, CA

  • Beyond “thinking green” the Summit will address the topic of sustainability in the context of economic, health, social and environmental issues. As a critical strategy for long-term economic vitality for a region, we’ll discuss best practices and policies around jobs, finance, energy, facilities, infrastructure and urban planning.



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