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"EPA To Unveil Stricter Rules For Power Plants"

"More than 20 years ago, Congress ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate toxic air pollution. It's done that for most industries, but not the biggest polluters — coal and oil-burning power plants.

The EPA now plans to change that later this week, by setting new rules to limit mercury and other harmful pollution from power plants.

Source: NPR, 12/14/2011

"Congress Debates Payroll Tax Cut, Government Funding Omnibus"

Congress is struggling to resolve a complex year-end standoff that has enmeshed both payroll tax-cut and omnibus spending legislation. Dozens of environmental riders are making compromise more diffficult. President Obama has threatened to veto the payroll tax bill if GOPers attach an amendment forcing him to act on the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Source: Wash Post, 12/14/2011
June 23, 2024 to June 26, 2024

East-West Center International Media Conference

Several hundred journalists from Asia, the Pacific and the United States will gather in Manila for the East-West Center's conference, which is held every two years.

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May 31, 2024

DEADLINE: Korea-U.S. Journalists Exchange

The East-West Center’s 2024 Exchange takes place Sep 19-28 with the theme “Balancing US-Korea Relations in an Election Year.” Open to US and Korean print, broadcast, and online journalists with a minimum of five years of experience. Apply by May 31.

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"Tax Policy Blowing in the Wind"

"If you want something from Congress, there are probably only about four shopping days left until Christmas, because most members of the House and Senate seem likely to go home on Friday. One big item on the green list is an extension of the production tax credit for wind energy, and the industry’s trade association, the American Wind Energy Association, released a dire study on Monday about what will happen without it."

Source: Green/NYT, 12/13/2011

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