The stock market definitely seemed to look kindly upon it on Friday when there were signs of activity from the transition team.

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If that hope comes true, the transition from coal to gas will generate a huge burst of economic activity and accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future for humanity.

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Dafydd Elis-Thomas, AM for Dwyfor Meirionnydd asked how the minister would ensure that activity would continue in the transition period of merging the Forestry Commission, Countryside Council for Wales and the Environment Agency into a new single environmental body.

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Under the terms of the MOU, the organizations will enter a period of diligence and planning, with the intent to complete transition of both the technology development activity and WiGig assets to Wi-Fi Alliance by the middle of 2013.

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By the same token, the yearning for government spending on "infrastructure" to stimulate economic activity creates an opening for the new president to push the kind of green projects that fit his call for a transition to alternative energy sources, including new kinds of mass-transit systems.

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