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Dominican Republic to reform Telecoms Act
2015-12-11 11:45:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) is currently working on a major reform of the country's Telecommunications Act, reports Telesemana, citing Indotel executive director Leonardo Alberty Canela. The aim is to update the 1998 law to address several weaknesses and reflect changes in ICT development over the years, said Alberty at the Inter-American Telecommunications Conference (Citel) in Santo Domingo. The Indotel executive director added that the regulator was working with operators to lower the cost of internet access and expand the fibre-optic network to more remote parts of the country.
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APBA Issues Statement on Environmental Fee Protection Act.
2015-12-10 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
With release of Environmental Fee Protection Act's official title and summary, America Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) will gather signatures to qualify this initiative for November 2016 ballot. Initiative, created in response to Senate Bill 270, directs all money generated or collected under state law that mandates consumer charges for carryout bags to environmental fund as opposed to grocers and provides local governments option to direct local bag fees to the environmental fund.
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Beijing's red alert is a sign that China must act on climate change
2015-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Beijing's first-ever "red alert" signaling dangerously unhealthy levels of smog on Tuesday and Wednesday is putting pressure on the Chinese delegation at the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris, a meeting also known as COP21. The goal of the summit is to agree to a global climate treaty that would, for the first time, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations as well as developing countries. One of the biggest developments in the run-up to COP21 was China's two agreements with the U.S....
AASHTO Leadership Thanks Congress for passing FAST Act.
2015-12-08 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Paul Trombino, AASHTO president, praised passage of Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Likewise, AASHTO Executive Director Bud Wright thanked Senate and House leadership and transportation bill conferees for prioritizing this legislation. FAST Act, which will provide ~$300 billion over 5 years, continues to distribute >90% of federal highway funding to State DOTs, maintains current Federal-aid Highway program structure, and includes environmental streamlining provisions.
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BIO Supports Legislation to follow up on JOBS Act.
2015-12-08 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Brian Hahn, GlycoMimetics, Inc. CFO and BIO Finance & Tax Committee Co-Chair, provided testimony on behalf of BIO before House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises in support of Fostering Innovation Act, which would extend JOBS Act's SOX Section 404(b) exemption. Hahn also provided support for SEC Small Business Advocate Act and Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act, which would enhance role of emerging companies in SEC's policymaking process.
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