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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-12 16:18 CANADA STOCKS-Potash Corp, Agrium help push TSX higher (Interactive Investor)

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Alberta To Cut Royalties Amid Competition (Rigzone)

The Alberta government announced plans Thursday to cut the royalty rates it charges natural gas and oil producers in an effort to make the province more attractive to investment..  More.

 

Arch Buys Stake in Texas Plant (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)

This deal is part of its ongoing pursuit to reduce damaging greenhouse gas emissions..  More.

 

Canada’s Dollar Approaches Parity After Job Growth Accelerates (BusinessWeek)

Canada’s dollar traded almost equal to the U.S. currency for the first time since July 2008 after a government report showed the nation’s employers added more jobs last month than economists forecast..  More.

 

Conserving saves town energy, money (Douglas County News-Press)

Turning off the lights when leaving a room is common practice at home, but it isn’t always practiced at the office. The same goes for powering down or unplugging electronic devices that aren’t in use..  More.

 

Energy Stocks: Energy stocks give back early gains (Market Watch)

Stocks fall off opening gains as a report on shrinking optimism among U.S. consumers drags the broader stock market into the red and trims an earlier advance by crude-oil prices..  More.

 

Fire officials say dam working as designed (The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)

The Indian Creek earthen dam and storage reservoir north of Council Bluffs are working as designed, said the city’s Fire Department Wednesday, and major flooding is not imminent..  More.

 

Meridian Provides Update to Possible Competing Offers for Company (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

HOUSTON -- The Meridian Resource Corporation today reported an update on events related to the announced merger proposal between itself and Alta Mesa Holding..  More.

 

Smoke wasn't a house fire, but a barbecue | Fire & rescue blotter (Auburn Reporter)

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 184 calls for service between March 1 and March 7, among them the following:.  More.

 

Wind power’s dirty secret: a carbon footprint (KVAL Eugene)

In 10 years Oregon has handed out $1.3 billion in tax credits for projects like wind power, but questions about why the state is spending so much on something that may have an environmental drawback have been raised..  More.

 

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