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Industry's toxic chemicals declined (AP via Yahoo! News) - The Environmental Protection Agency says toxic chemical pollution from industry declined by about 2 percent in 2006 despite increases in releases by the mining and petroleum industries.

Climate Change Needs Industry, Government Teamwork (PC World via Yahoo! News) - Industry needs to team up with cities to battle climate change, Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers told local government leaders on Wednesday.

Nuclear Industry Eyes a Smaller Renaissance (US News & World Report) - With costs rising and federal loan guarantees in the air, the industry makes its pitch to Wall Street.

Industry, Apple haggles for hardware recycling help (ZDNet Australia) - The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) and a group of industry partners including Apple and IBM met with representatives from both state and federal governments to propose a national computer recycling scheme.

Industry super funds outperforming peers (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) - Industry super funds are continuing to outperform their commercially owned peers, research shows.

Vt. Captive Insurance Industry Unchanged (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The Internal Revenue Service is backing off plans to change regulations that some feel could have hurt Vermont's captive insurance industry.

Understanding Chinas Chemical Industry Analyzes the Uniqueness of the Chemical Industry in China (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83605) has announced the addition of "Understanding China's Chemical Industry" to their offering.

Solar industry to play hardball in D.C. to get tax credit (CNET) - Frustrated that the renewable-energy tax credit has apparently become a political football, the solar industry is quickly assembling a broader and firmer lobbying effort.

. Ethanol mandate needed: industry (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News) - The biofuels industry wants the Rudd government to set a national mandate to speed up the adoption of ethanol and biodiesel in the wake of the Garnaut report.

Area to benefit from biotech industry (The Daily Reflector) - A strategic plan months in the making for the BioEast Alliance shines a light on East Carolina University as "the potential star" for a life sciences and biotechnology community that would bring industry and new jobs to the region.