- NASA settles on its toolkit for mission to explore Europa – Gizmag
GizmagNASA settles on its toolkit for mission to explore Europa
Gizmag
Back in February, NASA announced that it had asked Congress for US$30 million to fund the mission, which is slated for lift-off sometime in the 2020s. If approved, the mission would see a solar-powered spacecraft orbit Jupiter and conduct 45 close … - Can the “whitest city in America” deliver green living for all? – Grist
GristCan the “whitest city in America” deliver green living for all?
Grist
To do so, Portland city planners first secured funding from the Bullitt Foundation, the Local Sustainability Matching Fund, and Multnomah County to create the equity working group out of six local environmental justice and health equity organizations … - Free solar panels for low-income CA homeowners, funded by cap & trade system – Treehugger
TreehuggerFree solar panels for low-income CA homeowners, funded by cap & trade system
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And it's underwriting the program with some of the fees collected through the state's cap and trade program and placed in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), so the initiative is essentially turning industry emissions into low carbon energy. The … - Hong Kong stocks pull back after US sell-off – MarketWatch
MarketWatchHong Kong stocks pull back after US sell-off
MarketWatch
… Everbright Ltd. slid 3.2%, and Ping An Insurance Group Co. traded 1.5% lower. On the upside, shares of Zijin Mining Group Co. surged by more than 15% as the name resumed trading following the gold extractor's announcement of a private share issue … - Business News Roundup, May 27 – SFGate
Business News Roundup, May 27
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The Conference Board said consumer confidence rebounded this month as the job market showed signs of improvement. The business research group's consumer confidence index rose to 95.4 in May from 94.3 in April. The April reading was a sharp drop … - Wednesday’s letters to the editor, May 27 – The News-Press
The News-PressWednesday's letters to the editor, May 27
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Let's all give a huge “job well done” to the veterinarians and staff at The Clinic for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) on Sanibel for the fantastic job they have done mending Ozzie, Southwest Florida's star eagle. … So when I began to read about … - The Governor’s “productive” legislative session – Watchdog.org
Watchdog.orgThe Governor's “productive” legislative session
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All in all, the General Fund spending that increased 1.8 percent for this year is slated to increase by 4.1 percent for the coming year. … Neither action promises to make Vermont more attractive to business and job growth. … He might have …
John McClaughry: The governor's 'productive' legislative sessionvtdigger.org - Spotlight on Baltimore – Labor Notes
Labor NotesSpotlight on Baltimore
Labor Notes
They go to work in low-wage service jobs that were produced by state funds, in places like the Inner Harbor, the waterfront tourist area. These jobs … The bond would also fund community infrastructure such as parks, recreation centers, and solar … - A look back at an historic session – Barre Montpelier Times Argus
A look back at an historic session
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Lawmakers there voted to use the $30 million the tax would raise to fund financial aid for low-income Vermonters in the health care exchange, and to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates. The plan faced … For years, Vermont utilities have sold …
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