je.st

Home › pledges

Tag: pledges

Trump used foreign student labor he pledges to ban

2016-03-14 10:01:47| Real Estate - Topix.net

If elected president, Donald Trump has pledged to scrap a work visa program that brings 300,000 student workers each year to the U.S. Among the businesses that would be forced to stop hiring foreign labor: Trump's own. The visa, known as the J-1, purports to offer a "cultural exchange" and give American businesses access to guest workers' "specialized skills," according to the State Department.

Tags: student foreign labor ban

Will Brazil new climate sheriffs get Paris pledges on track?

2016-03-04 12:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Home: Work is piling up in Brazils sluggish climate office. The South American heavyweight has a backlog of policy decisions to clear, and demanding carbon-cutting targets to hit. A sudden reshuffle of its leadership this week offers a chance to revive the secretariat. Jose Miguez, a former engineer at state oiler Petrobras has taken the reins in Brasilia, replacing ministry number two Carlos Klink. Thelma Krug, a respected climate scientist, is now the country`s deforestation 'sheriff`, succeeding...

Tags: on track paris brazil