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DEC2011 Water Alcoa Yadkin CleanTech

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  • A survey of 500 registered voters across North Carolina indicated that most North Carolinians overwhelmingly oppose such an agreement.
  • Many environmentalists and state and local officials in the region have remained steadfast in their belief that the river should be controlled by a publicly held trust in order to provide better benefits to the region and state. 
  • Alcoa lost a critical water quality permit last year when internal company e-mails showed that officials withheld information that downstream waters may not meet state standards. In addition, although elevated levels of PCBs produced by Alcoa have been found in fish in the river, Alcoa fought the installation of signs along Badin Lake warning people not to eat the contaminated fish, which infuriated many local lake residents.
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  • According to Nancy Gottovi, Executive Director of Central Park NC, the December 15 deadline looks like an attempt to apply enormous political pressure on local officials and the Governor to drop their opposition to the 50-year license
  • 72% of North Carolina registered voters said no to Alcoa being granted a new 50-year license, while 76% stated that they would prefer that a “public trust” control the Yadkin River and use the hydroelectricity as an incentive to bring jobs to North Carolina. The majority of voters (60%) also indicated that they were usually skeptical when a multinational corporation like Alcoa tells a community they will provide permanent jobs. The majority of voters (58%) also agree with the statement “Every effort must be made to protect our water resources, even if it makes recruitment of industry more difficult.”  An overwhelming majority of voters (74%) support Governor Perdue’s opposition to a new 50-year license for Alcoa to control the Yadkin River because she believes the waters of the Yadkin River belong to the people of North Carolina and should be used to help create new jobs and economic opportunity for the region.
  • We were concerned that the Yadkin relicensing issue was being seen as a local Stanly County issue, and that the opinions of residents throughout the entire river basin were not being heard.  We also see this as a major public policy issue that has implications for the entire state.  The control of water resources is immensely important as we plan for future growth in terms of drinking water, but also for clean, renewable energy. 
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Alcoa, China Power Agree to Work on $7.5 Billion of Clean Energy Projects - Bloomberg - 0 views

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ALCOA chinese hydro Correnti CleanTech

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  • Alcoa and China Power haven’t yet decided on specific projects and the exact amount they will spend will depend on the ventures they choose, Mike Belwood, a spokesman for Alcoa, said by telephone.
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New plant to impact timber industry most | The Natchez Democrat - 0 views

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CleanTech Correnti sugar woods

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  • plants to turn wood chips into cellulosic sugars that can be used in fuel, pet foods, cosmetics, lubricants and other products.
  • When the Natchez HCL Cleantech plant opens, Russ said, it will use 1 million tons of pine or softwoo
  • To put the figure into perspective, Russ said International Paper’s Natchez plant was using 1.2 million tons of wood a year at its peak before it closed.
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  • “That’s very substantial — 1 million tons of wood (a year),” Ulmer said.
  • And since timber industries usually work 200 days a year, Ulmer said, hauling HCL Cleantech’s projected demand would mean 185 truckloads would be hauled a day.
  • “We have a vast resources of timber,” Ulmer said.
  • He said the supply of timber was constantly replenishing itself when IP was in town.“We have never cut our growth,” Ulmer said.
  • Sen. Kelvin Butler, D-Magnolia, said the area’s abundance of timber helped land the new company.“We’re just excited that they picked our area because they’ll be using pine, and that’s one of the resources we have right here in southwest Mississippi,” Butler said.
  • Johnson said the company has received more than $10 million in federal grants, some coming from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Monroe360.com - Miss lawmakers approve 3 job creation proposals - 0 views

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Correnti governor miss Calisolar IncomingGovPhiBryant

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  • Miss. lawmakers approve 3 job-creation proposals
  • Gov. Phil Bryant,
  • Calisolar, based in Sunnyvale, Calif.
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  • to make silicon metal for use in automotive parts, consumer electronics and energy products, including solar panels. Developers said the Calisolar project — sought by Ohio, among others — should create 951 jobs with an average annual salary of $45,000, plus benefits.
  • "The reason we're coming here, and I'm going to be frank, is the Mississippi farm boys and the farm girls," Correnti said. "I wouldn't trade a Mississippi farm boy or farm girl for any Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, South American."
  • lawmakers approved just over $175 million in bonds
  • $75.25 million for the Calisolar project
  • MDA executives said the bond request for the Calisolar project includes a $59.5 million loan for equipment and a building that would be owned by Lowndes County and leased by the company. The package also has an $11.25 million grant for infrastructure such as roads and utility lines and $4.5 million to help train employees at the plant.
  • MDA said the rebates will cost the state $15 million over 10 years.
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