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The Global Climate Action Summit: A Quick Guide

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Sustainable Communities: Create clean buildings, cities, communities, and infrastructure to secure healthy living environments that improve quality of life for all. The City College of San Francisco (CCSF) will be hosting an educational and career event at the Summit. Additional Opportunities. Green Building Council | Sept.

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California is Rolling in Dough

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A few CA legislators have suggested that Brown is deliberately lowballing the size of the surplus and pushing for a contingency fund because he wants to secure a legacy as the governor who solved California’s budget crisis once and for all.

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Officials Outline 'Preferred' Path Forward on California's Bay Delta.

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Earn Continuing Education Credits. In a press briefing in Sacramento, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said, “As broken and outdated as California’s water system is, we are also closer than ever to forging a lasting and sustainable solution that strengthens California’s water security and restores the health of the delta.”

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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana

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Conceptual layout of the Social Security Administration’s new data center in Urbana. The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Mid-Atlantic Region and the Social Security Administration (SSA) are collaborating to design and construct the SSA’s new National Support Center in Urbana, MD. By Jonathan Sanders.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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In an effort to continue this success, GSA is evaluating the building rating tools at its disposal, as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Green Building Education and Services, LLC. Green Building Education Services. Green Education Foundation (GEF). Green Education Inc. Educational Fund.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT TAX ABATEMENTS: Gives cities and counties the ability to abate the following: Non-educational city and county sales & use taxes; Non-educational state, city and county property taxes—up to 20 years; Mortgage and recording taxes. FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (FTZs): Secured areas legally outside of U.S.

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