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Energy & the Environment:General headlines from the week of December 1, 2008
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Constellation Energy Group to cut 8% of global work force
Constellation Energy Group Inc. will cut 8 percent of its global work force over the next year. (CEG)
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MIT researchers closer to fusion power
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may be one step closer to harnessing atomic fusion as a power source.
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TXU Energy gets $28M NASA contract
Energy provider TXU Energy, the retail arm of Energy Future Holdings Corp., has been awarded a $28.2 million contract to provide electrical services to NASA Johnson Space Center, according to a U.S. Department of Defense press release.
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Rezoning clears way for Postal center
Oak Creek aldermen on Tuesday approved plans for rezoning 64 acres at the southwest corner of College and Pennsylvania avenues, clearing the way for construction of a mail processing and distribution center for the US Postal Service.
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Companies sign on to local clean energy initiative
Major companies from Freescale Semiconductor Inc. to Dell Inc. are partnering on a bold new effort to make Austin a clean energy hub.
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Valero won?t sell Memphis refinery
Valero Energy Corp. is no longer considering selling its Memphis refinery, company officials said Wednesday. (VLO)
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Local economy?s slide continues, hasn?t bottomed yet
Greater Cincinnati’s economy has now slumped for five consecutive months with no sign that it’s hit bottom.
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Georgia Tech to play Chick-fil-A Bowl
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl for the first time since 2000.
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PUCO gives final OK to Columbia Gas rate hike
State regulators have given final approval to Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc.’s proposed natural gas rate increase, little more than a month after the utility agreed to slash its original request nearly in half.
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ConocoPhillips, EnCana award Wood River construction contract
WRB Refining LLC, a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and EnCana Corp., has awarded Fluor Corp. a construction contract for the $3.6 billion expansion of an Illinois refinery. (COP) (ECA) (FLR)
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