Imperial Valley News Center
Decision on RFS is statement on greenhouse gas emissions
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- Written by Keith Robinson
West Lafayette, Indiana - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's final rules on the volume of biofuels that must be produced from 2014 to 2016 continues the current policy thrust that biofuels reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared with fossil fuels, Purdue University energy economist Wally Tyner says.
Application process opens for 2016 Summer Institute on Global Food Security at Purdue
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- Written by Phillip Fiorini
West Lafayette, Indiana - The fifth Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security is June 5-18 at Purdue University for 40 graduate students from across the country taking on the challenge of finding solutions to world hunger.
City of Calexico provides Michael J. Bostic firing explanation
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Calexico, California - The City of Calexico has placed Michael J. Bostic on administrative leave until December 5, 2015, when his services will formally cease.
U.S. Climate Risk Insurance Announcement
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Washington, DC - Today, at a meeting with leaders of small island nations, President Obama announced a U.S. contribution of $30 million to climate risk insurance initiatives in the Pacific, Central America, and Africa. As part of a broader set of actions to help vulnerable populations strengthen their climate resilience, from providing climate data, tools and services, to incorporating climate resilience considerations into development assistance, the contributions announced today will increase climate risk insurance coverage to help respond to severe climate-related impacts.
U.S. Senate's Confirmation of Gayle Smith as Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "I am delighted that the United States Senate voted today to confirm Gayle Smith as the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
California Joins Campaign to Put $2.3 Billion Back in the Hands of California's Working Poor
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Sacramento, California - The Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will join California leaders to announce the launch of CalEITC4me, a statewide campaign involving community, faith, civic, labor and business leaders to ensure the first-ever California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) winds up in the hands of those who worked hard to earn it. The campaign will also focus on increasing the availability of free tax preparation services locally.
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