Imperial Valley News Center
Governor Brown Calls for Deeper Trans-Pacific Collaboration on Climate Change
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Vladivostok, Russia - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined leaders from Japan, South Korea, Russia, China and more than a dozen other countries at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia where he pushed businesses and governments to join forces not just on trade and investment but also on the decarbonization of the economy.
Tenaska Refinances its 2nd Solar Facility in California’s Imperial Valley through the Issuance of U.S. Private Placement Green Bond
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El Centro, California - Tenaska has closed refinancing on its 150-megawatt (MW) Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center West project through an issuance of $400 million of senior secured, long-term notes. The private placement received an investment-grade rating of BBB by Kroll.
Swaziland National Day
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson: "On behalf of the United States of America, congratulations to the people of the Kingdom of Swaziland on 49 years of independence.
State and Local Partners to Help Train Military Community on Consumer Protection Issues Affecting Servicemembers
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Los Angeles, California - The Federal Trade Commission and partners will co-host a common ground conference tomorrow in Los Angeles that will bring together and train military attorneys and financial advisors, law enforcement, prosecution agencies, and consumer protection officials to identify, prevent, and respond to consumer fraud and other issues affecting service members and their families.
Maureen K. Ohlhausen Announces Selection of Ian R. Conner as an Acting Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition
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Washington, DC - Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen announced today that she has selected Ian R. Conner, a partner in the Antitrust & Competition group at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, to be an Acting Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, effective September 18, 2017.
Sudden Oak Death
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- Written by Anna Guth from the Point Reyes Light
Sacramento, California - The infection arrives with the rains, splashing down from a neighbor’s thick leaves. It takes hold one winter and persists silently for a year or two. Ambrosia beetles and bark beetles colonize the weakened tanoak, and the bark oozes and spots with dark-red liquid. Then, in a matter of weeks, the leaves brown and decay, and the tree dies.
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