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“Barring one of the two dozen Democratic [judicial] candidates committing a felony between now and Nov. 3, no Republican has any hope whatsoever of winning one of those races,” said …
Fellow Kirstin Matthews joins Houston Public Media's Town Square Talk for her weekly update on Covid-19 developments.
Sept. 24, 2020, 11 a.m.
Webinar — Investment Protection Under the New NAFTA: Problems and Prospects
At this webinar — the second in the "USMCA: From Negotiation to Implementation" series — experts consider the implications of eliminating investor-state dispute settlement between the United States and Canada and significantly reducing its scope for U.S. investors in Mexico.
Sept. 25, 2020, 3 p.m.
Experts from along the value chain explore innovative solutions for creating a circular economy, an economic system that aims to go beyond the practices of reducing, reusing and recycling by incorporating reengineering, redesign and remanufacturing.
Sept. 30, 2020, 11 a.m.
Annual Energy Summit Day 1 — Pandemic, Price War and Other Disruptions: Resilience in Energy Systems
For the fourth consecutive year, the Center for Energy Studies and Baker Botts LLP are co-hosting their annual energy conference. On day one, speakers provide a snapshot of the energy markets and discuss resilience in the energy transition.
Founded in 1993, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy has established itself as one of the premier nonpartisan public policy think tanks in the country. The institute ranks 2nd among university-affiliated think tanks worldwide and 16th among U.S. think tanks, according to a 2019 study by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. The survey again ranked the institute's Center for Energy Studies No. 1 among the world's energy- and resource policy think tanks.
