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BUSINESS REPORT: Ontario Unveils Plans To Achieve An Energy Balance

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Underscoring stability and predictability, the LTEP commits to a new competitive procurement process with the Ontario Power Authority (OPA). Procurements for 2014 electric capacity are 300 MW wind, 140 MW solar, 50 MW bioenergy and 50 MW hydro; 2015 procurements are identical except a slight narrowing of hydro to 45 MW.

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Sustainable Agriculture Standard Announced

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Almost on cue (despite being in the works for more than 4 years), Leonardo Academy has announced that its LEO 4000 National Sustainable Agriculture Standard is now available for use. LEO 4000 responds by defining “what constitutes sustainable agriculture.”. Key is preparing a Producer Sustainability Plan that documents all of this.

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One THIRD of NHS workers tested for coronavirus are positive, data shows amid row over nationwide shortage of face masks, aprons and gloves for frontline medics

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Mr Hopson said the supply of gowns – imported from China – was ‘hand-to-mouth’, and voiced concerns that equipment could run out completely if sustainable supply chains are not put in place. UK MISSED THREE CHANCES TO GET PPE FROM EU SCHEME. ’ .

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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based, publicly traded engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services firm. The City intends to create a financially feasible, operationally self–sustainable signature facility that will promote economic development, create jobs and enhance educational offerings. FORTUNE 500 FIRMS FLOCK TO SUGAR LAND.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The sites include the Greene and Sumter Renewal Community, made up of both counties, the Mobile Renewal Community, which includes Prichard and a section of east Mobile, and the Southern Alabama Renewal Community, which includes Wilcox County and parts of Butler, Conecuh, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe and Perry Counties.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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In this past year, the Vineland plant implemented parent company General Mills’ program to improve the environmental sustainability of its operations by 2015. Due to favorable lease agreements, affordable labor and a pro-business environment, these manufacturers have seen 16 percent job growth in the last 12 months.