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		<title>White House report cites gaps in climate change strategy</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/white-house-report-cites-gaps-in-climate-change-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Tankersley of the Los Angeles Times reports - &#8220;The federal government has &#8220;significant gaps&#8221; in its strategy to cope with the increasing effects of climate change on the country, according to a White House report scheduled to be released Tuesday.
The report will call for better risk assessments, more thorough scientific research and improved coordination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marcellus Shale: Uncertainty in New York forces jobs across the border</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/marcellus-shale-uncertainty-in-new-york-forces-jobs-across-the-border/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer K. Levine</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Marcellus Shale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fortuna/Talisman announced that it is moving 15 jobs from its Big Flats office in the Southern Tier to the company’s new headquarters in Warrendale, PA.  The move is a business decision in response to the current moratorium on drilling in New York State.  Mark Scheuerman of Fortuna says that the jobs will likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State senator assails prospect of penny-per-ounce tax on soda</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/state-senator-assails-prospect-of-penny-per-ounce-tax-on-soda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[State Budget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Judy L. Randall writes on SILive.com - &#8220;The proposed state tax on soda is nothing but a sweet cheat, a member of Staten Island’s Albany delegation railed yesterday.
&#8220;It’s up to parents to determine what their kids put in their mouths,&#8221; said state Sen. Diane Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn), contending the penny-per-ounce levy would hurt working families.
She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ravitch Plan Won&#8217;t Save New York</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/the-ravitch-plan-wont-save-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[State Budget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an op-ed in the Wall St. Journal, E.J. McMahon takes a closer look at the Lt. Gov&#8217;s proposal to borrow $6 billion over the next three years and a possible three-month extension of the fiscal year that ends March 31 and sees little help in it for New York.
Like a drunk tempted to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s illusions of cost-control</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/obamas-illusions-of-cost-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Robert J. Samuelson of the Washington Post writes in his column - &#8220;What we need from the next president is somebody who will not just tell you what they think you want to hear but will tell you what you need to hear.&#8221; &#8212; Barack Obama, Feb. 27, 2008
One job of presidents is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov wants to return to &#8220;prior approval&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/gov-wants-to-return-to-prior-approval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Campanile of the New York Post writes - &#8220;As the health-care debate comes to a head in Washington, a new political war over medical coverage is about to erupt in Albany, where Gov. Paterson is seeking authority to curb &#8220;excessive&#8221; rate hikes imposed by insurers.
Tucked in Paterson&#8217;s budget plan is a proposal to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We must take full advantage of Marcellus Shale</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/we-must-take-full-advantage-of-marcellus-shale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marcellus Shale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David Copley a petroleum geologist provides the following op-ed in in the Buffalo News.
&#8220;It’s impossible to overestimate the importance of natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale that underlies large parts of New York State and Pennsylvania.
Notwithstanding exaggerated fears of damage to ground water systems, the ramp-up in shale-gas production has been the best economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A window of opportunity</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/a-window-of-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[State Budget]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Todd Tranum, President/CEO, Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce provides the following op-ed to the observertoday.com.
&#8220;As Americans we pride ourselves on our ability to rise to the occasion when things get tough. Well things could not be much tougher in Albany right now. The bottom has fallen out of New York State Government and it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business officials fret over fate of Empire Zones</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/business-officials-fret-over-fate-of-empire-zones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Empire Zones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[State Budget]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Rivers of the DailyNewsonline.com writes - &#8220;Gov. David Paterson and the majority of the state Legislature wants to scrap the Empire Zone program and come up with something new, a program that isn&#8217;t so generous to businesses.
The Empire Zone rewards companies that create jobs and make capital improvements. Local economic development agencies and state-wide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle heating up between liquor stores, grocery stores over where to sell wine</title>
		<link>http://capitalbusinessblog.bcnys.org/index.php/2010/03/battle-heating-up-between-liquor-stores-grocery-stores-over-where-to-sell-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Lillpopp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Wine in Grocery Stores]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don Cazentre of the Syracuse Post-Standard writes - &#8220;Selling wine in New York’s grocery stores is expected to increase consumer demand, benefit the state’s wine industry and boost the state’s revenues in a time of financial crisis.
It’s also likely to cut wine sales at the state’s liquor stores, most of them small and family-owned, possibly [...]]]></description>
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