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  • “In Durban, I expect governments to find a way forward for the Kyoto Protocol so we can make a broader comprehensive climate agreement possible,” said Mr. Ban in remarks prepared for delivery to an event on climate change organized by the mission of the United Kingdom to the UN.
  • Mr. Ban urged governments to launch the Green Climate Fund, which was established last year in Cancun, Mexico. “But it must not be an empty shell – a fund in name only. Governments must provide the $100 billion that was pledged. This would be a welcome concrete outcome at Durban.”
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Monroe360.com - Miss lawmakers approve 3 job creation proposals - 0 views

  • 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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China and France chase US shale assets - FT.com - 0 views

  • Sinopec, China’s second-largest oil company by market capitalisation, unveiled a $2.5bn deal with Oklahoma-based Devon Energy to invest in five new development areas from Ohio to Alabama.
  • International groups are still keen to increase their exposure to unconventional US energy resources despite the environmental controversy over “fracking”, the injection of water, sand and chemicals into wells to crack rocks and release oil and gas.
  • Foreign companies have been shifting their focus from gas, prices for which have plunged, to oil. Devon’s deal with Sinopec also reflects Chinese companies’ hopes that techniques pioneered in the US could be used to develop China’s own resources.
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TTC News Archives-Trans Texas Corridor: "Virtually unregulated foreign ownership of Ame... - 0 views

  • demands immediate congressional attention to examine any national security implications and to clarify present and future control issues before the deal receives regulatory approval.
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