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Cut CO2 or pay, Liberals demand of industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Canada's energy industry would have to cut its carbon emissions by up to 46 percent or pay billions of dollars a year in penalties under a climate change plan by the opposition Liberal Party.

Singapore to invest in 'clean energy' industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Singapore will invest more than 110 million US dollars to develop a "clean energy" industry with solar energy as a key area of research, the government announced Friday.

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Car Industry — Brothers in Arms? (The Globalist) - First it was GM that hit the skids. Then it was Ford. And now, it is Chrysler. While the U.S. car industry is in a tailspin, so is U.S. foreign policy. What is declining market shares for the car industry are declining poll numbers for the country’s foreign policy.

Elk Industry Won't Face New Regulations (KIFI) - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Any calls for tougher regulations on Idaho's growing domestic elk industry appear to have been silenced. At least for now. The House Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to a five-five tie on a bill that would have forced elk ranchers to apply for licenses.

Despite furor, ID elk industry won't face new regulations (The Times-News) - BOISE, Idaho - An attempt to boost state oversight of Idaho's $30 million elk-ranching industry is dead after a bill to license elk ranches was killed Friday by an unlikely alliance of anti-regulation Republicans and Democrats demanding stricter rules.

California travel industry honors Kun (Big Bear Grizzly) - Dick Kun is a winner. The California Travel Industry Association presented Kun, president and chief executive officer of Snow Summit Ski Corp., the 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Canada less exposed to subprime market: industry grp (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - In a bid to stave off concerns, a Canadian mortgage industry association called the domestic mortgage market "a picture of health," compared with the United States, where default rates have jumped in the higher-risk subprime mortgage segment and forced some U.S. lenders out of business.

Biotech industry is down, for now (Contra Costa Times) - Recent mergers and acquisitions in the life sciences industry have bloodied parts of the East Bay's job market this year, though one local analyst still offers a healthy long-term prognosis.

Wal-Mart Snooping Exposes Hot Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Wal-Mart's disclosure that an employee was tapping phone conversations and text messages is drawing attention to a growth industry within corporate America: the business of keeping things secret.

Dept Trade & Industry: Publishes Emissions Trading Plan (Nasdaq) - LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The Department of Trade & Industry said it has Friday published the approved National Allocation Plan and final list of installation- level allocations for industry for Phase II of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme.