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Los Angeles Mayor To Tap Quake 'Czar' to Assess Vulnerability of Older Reinforced-Concrete Buildings
2013-10-30 18:33:54| ENR.com: Headline News
Promise comes is response to a report in the Los Angeles Times that labeled over 1,000 buildings as at-risk for collapse in a quake.
Obama Former Climate Czar Predicts President Will Reject Keystone XL
2013-10-25 17:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Former White House energy and climate czar Carol Browner on Thursday predicted President Obama will say no to building the controversial Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. "Whether or not he will say no -- well, you know how the White House functions," Browner said at the liberal think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) anniversary meeting in Washington. "At the end of the day he is going to say no but there will be some more twists and turns before we get there." Browner is now a senior...
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Obama auto czar Ron Bloom reportedly will advise retirees in Detroit bankruptcy
2013-09-20 09:58:06| Automakers - Topix.net
Ron Bloom, who helped lead President Barack Obama's auto team, will advise Detroit retirees fighting benefit cuts in the city's bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the decision.
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Former auto czar Rattner will testify before House on Delphi
2013-09-10 00:15:08| Automakers - Topix.net
Former Obama administration auto czar Steve Rattner and two former key aides will testify Wednesday before a House committee on the fate of more than 20,000 salaried pension recipients at Troy-based auto supplier Delphi Corp. The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations will review a new inspector general report ... (more)
Buildings Specialists Grappling With Rebuilding In A Post-Sandy World Call For A Resiliency Czar
2013-08-07 21:56:02| ENR.com: Headline News
When it comes to adapting buildings to climate change in a post-Sandy world, a champion is needed to coordinate myriad and sometimes conflicting public and private-sector activities.
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