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The Boxer-Kerry Climate Change Bill

Name: The Boxer-Kerry Climate Change Bill
Start: 2009-10-08T00:00:00+0000
Location: N/A

When: 10/8/2009

Robert Hines, Speaker, ExecSense webinar, "The Boxer-Kerry Climate Change Bill Speed Briefing - What Environmental Lawyers Need to Know About the 684 Page Bill Made Public on 9/31”

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