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'Reform conservatism' not enough reform on global warming

2014-07-02 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The conservative YG Network recently published a series of reform conservative essays called Room to Grow, designed to create a thriving middle class while limiting the size of government. Those essays have been subject to intense criticism from Voxs Matt Yglesias and New York Magazines Jonathan Chait for failing to even mention climate change despite devoting a chapter to energy policies. Adam White, author of that energy policy chapter, pushed back by arguing, There's no shortage of...

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at&T Ceo Stephenson: "What are we waiting for?" on immigration reform

2014-07-02 00:02:08| Telecom - Topix.net

A panel of business leaders discussed immigration at a forum at the George W. Bush Institute at the presidential library on Tuesday.

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BANGLADESH: Labour reform a "priority" says EU Commissioner

2014-07-01 14:51:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

There is still "much more to do" to reform Bangladesh's garment industry in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza tragedy, European Commissioner for Trade Karel de Gucht has said.

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If immigration reform is dead, so is raising the H-1B cap

2014-06-27 16:16:24| InfoWorld: Top News

In a speech Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. House, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) declared immigration reform dead. He chastised and baited Republicans in Congress for blocking reform, and declared that winning the White House without the support of a growing Hispanic population will become mathematically impossible. "The Republican Presidential nominee, whoever he or she may be, will enter the race with an electoral college deficit they cannot make up," said Gutierrez.

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