“Business recognizes that there are challenges for all, for developing and developed countries, business and consumers, and is ready to take a lead now,” said Carlos Busquets, policy manager for the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) environmental and energy commission. [read post]

Duties include: (1) Assisting the NBSCRA Tribal Advisory Council in the creation of the TAC’s processes and procedures; (2) Supporting and advancing the priorities of the TAC; and (3) Ensuring coordination between the TAC and federally recognized Tribes from the region, the Bering Sea Federal Task Force, and other governmental agencies or federal entities that have responsibilities in the region. [read post]

As a result, mountains of intimate data we be created, collected, collated, and cataloged on a daily basis. [read post]

I will put that energy into looking at you to make you feel comfortable, then I’ll have no clue what just happened. [read post]

The Congress agrees to add to the Party Constitution the following statements: we shall give play to the decisive role of market forces in resource allocation and ensure the government plays its role better; advance supply-side structural reform; establish a system of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics; advance extensive, multilevel, and institutionalized development of consultative democracy; nurture and practice core socialist values; promote the creative evolution and development… [read post]