News release: “The WTO, on 18 July 2008, issued the reports of the panel that had examined, respectively, complaints by the European Communities, the United States and Canada regarding China Measures Affecting Imports Of Automobile Parts (DS339, DS340 and DS342).”
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Daily Archives: July 18, 2008
EIA: Additions to Capacity on the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network: 2007, Wholesale Market Data
Additions to Capacity on the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network: 2007 (07/17/2008): “This report examines new natural gas pipeline capacity added to the U.S. natural gas pipeline system during 2007 and the areas of the country where those additions were concentrated. In addition, it discusses and analyzes proposed natural gas pipeline projects that may be… Continue Reading
Senate Committee Investigation: Oil Industry Behind White House Switch on Global Warming
News release: “An investigation by the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming has found that members of government at the highest levels, including the office of President George W. Bushs Chief of Staff and numerous heads of Cabinet departments, had decided to use the Clean Air Act to regulate global warming emissions not… Continue Reading
Freddie Mac Now SEC Reporting Company
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) has voluntarily registered its common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is now subject to the Act’s periodic and current reporting requirements. By voluntarily becoming a reporting company, Freddie Mac has publicly disclosed, and… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Air Traffic Control, Food Insecurity in Africa, Hurricane Katrina
Air Traffic Control: FAA Uses Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Information Technology Acquisitions, but Needs to Clarify Policy and Strengthen Oversight, GAO-08-756, July 18, 2008 Food Insecurity Persists in Sub-Saharan Africa despite Efforts to Halve Hunger by 2015, GAO-08-1007R, July 17, 2008 Hurricane Katrina: Trends in the Operating Results of Five Hospitals in New… Continue Reading
Gore Speech: A Generational Challenge to Repower America
CNN: “Gore called on the country to produce all of its electricity from renewable and carbon-free sources in 10 years, a goal he compared to President Kennedy’s challenge for the country to put a man on the moon in the 1960s.” A Generational Challenge to Repower America (as prepared) D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., July… Continue Reading
DOD OIG: The Cost, Oversight, and Impact of Congressional Earmarks Less Than $15 Million
D-2008-110 The Cost, Oversight, and Impact of Congressional Earmarks Less Than $15 Million, July 11, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000FP-0254.002) Continue Reading
WTO launches World Trade Report 2008: Trade in a Globalizing World
News release: “This years World Trade Report 2008, entitled Trade in a Globalizing World, is devoted to an examination of the gains from international trade and the challenges arising from higher levels of integration. Over many years, governments in most countries have increasingly opened their economies to international trade, whether through multilateral trade negotiations, increased… Continue Reading
DOE: Nuclear Weapons Programs Heavy Water Inventory
Department of Energy Office of Inspector General, Audit Report, Nuclear Weapons Programs Heavy Water Inventory, Declassified, July 15, 2008. Continue Reading
