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The G-20 just concluded its annual meetings in Hamburg, Germany, where all the countries except the United States reaffirmed their joint commitment to the Paris Climate accord, an agreement the United States led in brokering. After President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the climate accord, a groundswell of thousands of states, governors, mayors, cities, businesses and [...]
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Inside Washington, important issues are often reduced to simplistic talking points for the “either/or” soundbite like, tackling climate change or having jobs. On this Earth Day, I want to debunk that myth and share some good news: the U.S. renewable energy industry is surging in states across our country and putting Americans – in red states and blue states - to work producing energy in our communities [...]
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Nearly 200 company representatives from several industry sectors participated in our first-ever ITI Sustainability Series – product policy and compliance seminars held in Round Rock, Tex., Santa Clara, Calif., and Schaumburg, Ill. Many thanks to our hosts – Dell, Intel, and Motorola Solutions, respectively – and to the diverse speakers who shared their expertise at the seminars. We presented the seminars [...]
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Under a beautiful blue sky in the Rose Garden this morning, President Obama laid out the three key questions that drove the priorities in his just-released Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget: “How do we make America a magnet for new jobs? How do we give our workers the skills they need to do those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?” Some of the key initiatives put forward [...]
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In his Inaugural Address today, President Obama combined poetry and prose as he spoke about the priorities that he will bring to his second term in office. For many of these issues, the technology sector has put forward ideas with backing from both Democratic and Republican Members of Congress. The challenge consistently has been building broader support to move policies from good proposals to new [...]
