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Obama Action Group Joins Fight Against Christie's Climate Pact Exit
2014-08-09 06:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate News: Environmental activists who have been campaigning for three years to get New Jersey to rejoin a regional cap-and-trade system have a potent new ally: Organizing for Action, President Obamas grassroots lobbying operation. OFA's role in the New Jersey fight showed up as the state held a hearing on Friday on its controversial exit three years ago from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, a carbon trading pact. The hearing was called after a state judge ruled earlier this year that Gov....
Insult to Injury: NJ Governor Christie's Cuts to Reduce Subsidy for Already-Underfunded NJ Transit
2014-05-23 19:14:07| Railroads - Topix.net
Among the cuts was a $14.8 million cut to the subsidy the state provides to New Jersey Transit.
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Christies new woe: Court rules he illegally dumped climate protections
2014-03-26 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As if New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn`t have enough problems! A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday that Christie`s administration broke state law in 2011 when it withdrew New Jersey from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. That`s because it didn`t bother going through any formal rulemaking procedures before pulling out of the carbon-cutting program. Instead, administration officials stated on a government website that the state wouldn`t participate in the program - and then argued in court...
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Christie's announces Sale of Magnificent Jewels on April 16 in New York
2014-03-25 06:24:59| Jewelry - Topix.net
On April 16, Christie's New York will lead the spring jewelry auction season with a superb offering of more than 250 jewels in a two-session sale at its flagship Rockefeller Center saleroom.
VIDEO: Christie's leads way in art market boom
2014-01-22 13:29:38| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Over the last 12 months Christie's has expanded its online business and opened showrooms in Shanghai and Mumbai to capture new buyers.